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REV. LOUIS FITZGERALD BENSON, D. D
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•BALMS, HYMNS and SPIRITUAL SONGS,
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ALL HIS HYMNS,
WITH WHICH THF
.. m in th>' rirsi Book were filed up in 17S6, and also those in '
NOW COLLATED,
WITH EACH OF THE DOCTORS OWN EDITIONS:
TO WHICH ARE SUBJOINED
INDEXES,
VERY MUCH EX 1. ARC ED,
BOTH OF SCRIPTURES AND OF SUBJECTS
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By JOHN RIPPON, d.d.
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DIRECTIONS TO MINISTERS AND CLERKS,
Who use this Arrangement in public.
Ii seems proper to mention the old Number first; and the page of the new one —
thus,
147th Hymn of the second book—
35th page of the Arrangement; or only page 55.
*#* The Number of the Hymn and Psalm always answers to the number of the page,
thus : Hymn 5, page 5.
Hymn 40, page 40.
The number that follows the name of the Tunes refers to Dr. Rippon's Tune Book;
thus :
Hymn 19, Abridge 201, that is, Tune 201, in Dr. Rippon's Selection of Tunes.
PRINTED BY C. WHiniXCllAM,
Dean Stmt, frtttr Lant.
PREFACE.
IN tin* roll of pre-eminent characters which have attained literary fame,
and transmitted to posterity a memory embalmed with the odours of
gratitude) the Rev. Dr. Isaac Watts ranks high. It was the eulogium of
candour, at the demand of justice, which Dr. Johnson pronounced when
he said, That few men henr- Irft behind such purity of (haracter, or such mo-
numents of laborious piety. Among these, good men without number are
peculiarly indebted to him for his Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual
Songs. What denomination of Protestants, to whom the English lan-
guage is vernacular, can we find cither at home or abroad, who have not
derived pious edification from these inestimable compositions of our sweet
singer in Israel. Humble cottages, rustic barns, decent meeting-houses,
and capacious tabernacles, arc not the only temples which have been made
vocaj by bis lays, or whose worshippers soar in his songs: — their inspira-
tion has been felt under the vaulted arch of many a Gothic edifice ; while,
not Sternhold and Hopkins only, but Tate, Brady, and other great names,
have occasionally resigned the honours of poetry, and of praise. Of this,
a letter from the celebrated Rev. Mr. James Hcrvey, in 1747, is a pleas-
ing specimen. After pronouncing an encomium on the Doctor's works, as
the favourite pattern by which he would form his conduct and model his
style, he adds; " Among other of your edifying compositions, I have
reason to thank you for your sacred songs, which I have introduced into
the sen ice of my church ; so that, in the solemnities of the sabbath, and
in a lecture on the week-day, your mu>e lights up the incense of our praise,
and furnishes our devotions with harmony." This charming paragraph
conveys the sentiments, and expresses the practice of many an evangelical
clerks man belonging to the national establishment. And a small ac-
quaintance with the state of religion in our native country, and in other
lands, induces me to form a conjecture, which I think is far within the
precincts of moderation, that through the last half hundred years more than
a million tongues are, every Lord's day, employed,
'• With songs and honours sounding loud,"
for the poetry of which, they are, under God, indebted to his distinguished
pen, and for the piety of them, to his devotional heart,
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Few, however, are the publication? which have been printed in so shame-
ful a manner. The most costly and the most common editions have long
furnished reasons for universal complaint.
Pasham's edition, indeed, issued from the press under a very careful
eye; but having been printed, it seems, from an imperfect edition, it re-
frains many inaccuracies of its original : and will always be distinguished
by an accident — I mean the omission of a whole verse in the 91st Hymn
©f the second book.
Wayland's edition at length followed, and then several others j but they
•arefully preserved most of the false readings, and created others. One edi-
tion appeared, in which the lines were transposed ; other editions pur-
posely altered the stanzas, and destroyed all sense. A small copy was pub-
lished without any one title to either of the Hymns or Psalms, and so de-
prived the public of many hundred lines. Other editions went farther yet,
and retaining the titles, omitted all the Index of Scriptures, and all the
Index of Subjects. Several of the editions published by the booksellers
themselves have from four to five hundred considerable errors — and after a
careful perusal of one of their editions, which does not appear to be in-
ferior to several of the rest, I can scarcely find two correct pages following
each other, either in the Hymns or Psalms, unless an exception be made
in the title page, and the blank page at the back of it.
Two or three of the latest editions, and of neat appearance, have been
introduced to the public as " repairers of the breach" — purporting to be
printed verbatim, or extremely correct, from a standard copy. The prin-
tiple on which these were published rests on a fundamental error. After
pursuing an acquaintance with all Dr. Watts's editions, occasionally ever
since 1778, when Pasham's volume was published, I am, in some measure,
prepared to assert, That whoever really prints verbatim, from any one
copy of Dr. Watts's Hymns or Psalms, will never give his text. How-
ever, I have collated one of these latest editions, and was surprised to find,
that though it is announced as printed from one of the Doctor's most ap-
proved copies, it has not only the misprints, which, I suppose, are almost
unavoidable in all books, but it is Intentionally made to differ from every
one of Dr. Watts's own editions, in more than an hundred and fifty places,
without any intimation of it to the reader.
A genuine edition, therefore, of this useful work, which is a professed
object of the present undertaking, cannot be unacceptable to the religious
public.
HISTORY OF THE HYMNS.
It may be proper to observe, that the volume of Hymns and Spiritual
Songs, first printed in the year 1707, contained only 73 Hymns in the
first book; 110 in the second; and 22 Hymns, with 12 Doxologies is
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the third book. A sttppl-'ineiit to tin- first edition « as published ill 1709,
by which the Hymns in the first book were increased from 78 to 150, in
the'second from 110 to 170, and in the third from 9fl t>> 95, besides the
addition of three DtUtohgWt, and of four other pieces, entitled Hotmmat,
or, Salvation asenhed to Christ. These auxiliarif-, were highly intere-t i r.^,
and of great merit. But the addition of so many hymns to a multitude of
other-,, all of which were of heterogeneous association, will sufficiently ac-
count for the want of method through the whole volume.
At the publication of the supplement, it was too late to educe order out
of confusion, or to graft the scion of method on the stock of irregularity.
The erections in the first streets of the city having derived their situation
from accident, the accession of new- ones only lengthened the labyrinth.
The Doctor, unhappily, opens his first book with the Apocalypse, and
nearly concludes it with hymns on Isaiah. Or, if we compare the first
and second book together, it will be <cen that the first book begins with the
Re\ elation, celebrating the Death of Christ, and the Day of Judgment;
and that some of the last hymns in the second book are composed on
the book of Job, and one of them on the first chapter of Genesis, with this
very title, " The Creation of the World."
These things considered, it will be generally admitted, that zv'tattvrr
arrangement is given to the Hymns will be likely to plare some of them
it, in a situation every way preferable to that which they hold at
present.
REASONABLENESS OF ARRANGEMENT.
The Hymns in thejbti part were composed " on particular portions of
Scripture," and therefore obtained a book for themselves; but the Doctor
informs us, that he might have applied some text or other to every verse
in the second part, " if this method had" appeared to him to have " been
as useful as it \\ t> easy." Of course, as thejirst part and the second were
on similar subjects, they admitted of being formed into out book ; to mi hie h
the superior poetry of some of the latter, or " the neglect of rhyme in the
first and third lines of the stanza," could have been no sufficient objec-
tion, being seldom observed by one plain christian in a thousand, and
yarded in our public assemblies. Indeed, as tie Hymns in the
first part and the second are all distinguishable by texts of scripture, it
might have seemed more natural to unite than to ieparate them. And I
conjecture, that it must be impossible to mention a single disadvantage
vhieh would have followed on their union. And then, if the Jirst and
second hook, being on scriptural subjects, and reducible to certain texts,
might so properly have formed one book ; for the same reason, the third
book might have been united with them, because it aho chiefly consists of
" paraphrases of Scripture," with texts placed over many of them, as
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distinctly as they are in tlie first book. The adoption of this method
would have prevented the everlasting encumbrance and perplexity of
turning backward and forward, when an article is wanted, through first
book, and second book, and third book. Or, as all the subjects were
derived from the Old Testament and tlie New, if the Hymns could have
been placed in the order of the sacred books, it would very much have su-
perseded the necessity of an Index of Scriptures, as Mr. Orton has done,
with great acceptance, in the volume of our celebrated Dr. Doddridge.
But to these methods there is, and I suppose always will remain, this
grand objection, " That the Doctor has judiciously placed together, in
the third book, the Hymns on the Lord's Supper, as being on one subject ;
the advantage of which our pastors constantly experience, especially at
the administration of that sacred ordinance: for the needful section may
be turned to in a moment, without the aid of first lines, or of any index."
This is a fair objection, and I consider it unanswerable. But, if there be
any reason why the Hymns on the Lord's Supper should have been united,
and remain together, there is precisely the same why the Hymns on Bap-
tism should be gathered into one section. If the former are naturally and
advantageously united, the latter are unnaturally and disadvantageously
separated. And then, if these remarks are just concerning distinct chap-
ters for the Hymns on Baptism and the Lord's Supper, I cannot be the
herald of information to the intelligent in saying, that they are of equal
application to every other subject of general classification, from one end to
the other of these interesting productions.
It is on this principle the subsequent arrangement is made, including the
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INTERSPERSION OF THE PSALMS AMONG THE HYMNS.
Here three things should be considered :
1. In 1719, viz. twelve years after the first publication of the Hymns,
Dr. Watts published his Psalms of David. In executing his design, he takes
an whole Psalm, many verses of one, or some times only a few, transposing
at pleasure. And he has, not without the reasons which are mentioned in
his notes, entirely omitted zv/iole Psalms. Particularly the 28, 43, 52, 54,
59, 64, 70, 79, 88, 108, 137, and 140 ; and he has also passed over a great
part of viamj more. These things, are mentioned, not as expressive of dis-
approbation, but to state a fact. Transposition, abridgement, and omission,
were essentials of his plan, without which he could not have executed it.
Tbey do not imply defect, they are attributed to design. But if the Doctor's
Work had been a close translation of all the Psalms, and a regular para-
phrase of every verse of the sacred original, as the publications of several
persons have professed to be, the necessity of arranging them among the
Hymns might never have occurred to any person.
PREFACE. \n
, nod very different subjects which *re given in lh<
Pselan, nc<-iii t.> require ;i separation into distinct Mctioni as m ich as the
IImhiimiii tin- Lord's Supper, or those on Solomon's Song. Examine only
it part of the Htlea belonging to ■ few of tin- Put dm and this \ull appear*
Over the 16th Psalm the Potior hasjrtstly placed these different, if not un-
connected heads. Sands the lust Comjuiinj — Christ's Allsuf/ii iem ij — Support
and Counsel from Gad With "it Merit — I he Death and llesumrlion of Christ,
A- i^rr.ir a divenitj mas '"' MVU in the titles of the 107th Psalm; Israel
led to Canaan and thr/sttuns to Ileaien — Correction for Sin — .1 I'snlnifar
t/f(,lnlf»i aid Drunkard — The Stunner's I'sidm — Colonies planted. The
14 Mil l\alm atse might be produced M an instance, with many more,
parts seem to have but little if any neu'ssary connexion ; nor will
their being called Psalm 16th, 107th, or by any other single numbers, give
them unity of subjects, or produce any relation either just or natural he-
hreen them.
3. There can be n ithing improper in the interspersion of the Psalms
among the Hymns, because avraf/ofthe Psalms are already mingled with
them, and have been so from the beginning. This probably has escaped
tlit observation o( most persons: but if Dr. Watts's Index of Scriptures,
and my ('.'//'/r^',/ one, be consulted, as well as the titles of the first and se-
cond book of the Hymns, it will be seen that there arc more pieces among
mils, which are c oni'tos.-d from the I'salms, than there arc either from
Matthew or Mark, Luke or John, or from the important epistle to the He-
ll' therefore it was not conceived to be a matter of complaint,
through the last century, that so many of the Psalms were inserted and left
among the Hymns, J hope the present distribution of all {,1 them anions
their I'd low sm ill givenojust otlcnce, as it only causes kindred subjects to fill
tne ranks ot order, and like so many hrctlircn, with fraternal amity, to
dwell together in unity.
ADDITIONAL HYMNS IN THIS EDITION.
It is well known that Dr. Watts, in his second edition of the Hvmns, left
out many of the Psalms, intending to introduce them in his Psalm-
book, as he did, with slight alterations, in the Near 1719. From this came)
ll.Mnn,4, : , 34, 35,36,37,33,43, 4 V, 46, 47, arc not to be
found either in the second edition, or in any other published in the Doctor's
time, or for main v ears after. This is the more surprising, as the vacuum
might so easily have been tilled from the various treasures with which, at
length, he had favoured the public. All these deficiencies, however, were
made good in the \car 17b6, by Hymns taken from Dr. Watts's Works
alone, and chiefly from his Ljric Poems and Miscellanies. Two or three
persons, w hose names were not mentioned at the time, united in making the
little selection, and to encourage the editions. The disinterested part I took
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in that service I shall never regret, unless it be proper to regret the happi-
ness of aidiug a corrected work, m hose enlargements have been every where
acceptable, and of which, I think, there have been published in all, and
mo^t of them at a moderate price for the poor, about one hundred and
FORTY THOUSAND COPIES.
The astonishing sale of this enlarged edition roused certain persons; and,
as though the vacant numbers had not been filled before, of which it was
found convenient to be ignorant, they also determined to perform the ac-
ceptable service, and accordingly took their materials from the Hymns
which are connected with Dr. Watts's Sermons. Twenty thousand co-
pies were printed in 1795. The edition was partly encouraged by the
Book Society for promoting religious knowledge among the poor; it was
well approved, and is now nearly sold. The number therefore of intelligent
persons, at this time, must be \ery small, who are pleased with the defici-
encies of the early editions.
But these enlargements, in common with all improved editions of a work,
though they were acceptable to persons who possessed them, occasioned dis-
satisfaction to many. Th'ir old editions did not contain the Hymns which
were from time to time parcelled out in public service. And in 1793,
when the vacancies were filled up by other Hymns, the complaint was greater
still, — no one found fault with the Hymns which were inserted; but
the early editions, the enlargements of 1786, and the different additions of
1793, being all used in the same congregations, confusion necessarily fol-
lowed. The Hymn frequently given out was not to be found in the old
editions, and it Mas more perplexing still that the additional Hymns of one
enlarged edition very much differed from those of the oth-r ; hence, it was
natural to wish for all of them. To gratify this desire, and to prevent, in
future, every inconvenience, as much as possible, the arrangement contains,
what was never before published together, all the supplementary Hymns
which are to be found in the different enlarged editions. An omission of
those printed in 1793, and which have been well received in Twenty Thou-
sand copies, would have been great inattention — and it must have been
much more criminal not to have inserted those which were published in
1736, and which, since that time, have, in some measure, received the
sanction of at least one hundred and forty thousand persons.
enlarged indexes.
In proportion to the interesting and various contents of any volume
mist be the necessity of suitable tables of reference. A copious index
gives facility of use to every important publication ; and therefore it
must be indispensably necessary in such Hymn Books as are used constant-
ly on Lord's days in public worship, and by many christian families every
day in the year. Dr. Watts himself, it is likely, knew where to find any
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• subject which 1 > i -^ Hymm or Psalms contained. But it lias been
■latter of regret foi man) yean, thai hia in iognlarl) deficient
It would leem a report fit for the ■ incredibies to say, thai be has
- in all tin- fiot book* of Nfoset. But it will
■eem more iucredible yet to add, that ins [ad ex of Scriptum takes not the
lea«t notice either of Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, Joshua,
Judges, Ruth, Samuel, Kings, Chronicles, or, of any book, chapter, or
even tingle verse, from Genesis to Job — that is to say, mokl than one naff
of the Old Testament in succession 19 passed over at a stroke. Nor to all
the New Testament has he made quite an 120 reference*.
I am sorry to add, that the Index ut Wordi and Stti SjpcU is like the table of
scriptures, remarkably defective. The worth of the SOtd} the SATISFAC-
TION of Clirist, and an hundred other subjects of perpetual recurrence in
the christian ministry, arc not to be found either in the Index ot the Hymns
or of the Psalms, though SO many of both are composed on these in
in,' topics. I cannot therefore but hope that the large accession which the
Index of Scriptures has received, and the vast enlargement of the two tables
of words and of subjects which are now included in one, will give general
satisfaction to my fellow labourers in town and country, and also to their
most capable assistants in that exalted part of public worship — inging the
praise> of God. Yet I do not (latter myself with an assurance that these
enlarged tables include every text and word that may be looked for. But
on being used, 1 trust there will appear to be but few scriptures or subjects
contained in the Hymns and Psalms, which are not to be met with in the
Indexes. And, I am sure, no ingenuous person will complain ut not find-
ing in the lattei what is not included in the former.
TUNIS OVER THE HYMNS AND PSALMS.
All things in the ser\ ice of God are to be dour drccn/h/ and in nrdrr. But
this divine requisition, to which christians pay so much attention in every
thing else, is almost totally disregarded in the public sin-ing of the praises
of God, though it is confessedly the highest act of worship which the
chaech can perform. Any tune, by any incompetent peraon, is rang with
but very little regard to the subject of the Hymn. This inattention is ex-
tremely mischievous in tunes which have a repeat. By a misapplication
of these the congregation may be forced not only to stop in the midst of a
I, ne, and to go back, before they have pronounced any distinct idea; but
also to stop in the very midst of a word, and to retreat, leaving a syllable
or two behind, till they advance again, and perhaps oftener than once, to
meet the forlorn let nun.ition. Circumstances of this description amuse the
trifling, pain the sensible and serious, and rob w hole auditories of their
devotion. Different specimens of this evil might be produced if it were
.ry. But the folly, I trust, will commonly, if not always, be |
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ed, by selecting one or other of the tunes which are now placed over the
Hymn or Psalm; while every person is at full liberty to find a more suit-
able one whenever he is able.
DOUBLE NUMBERS TO THE HYMNS AND PSALMS.
I feel great pleasure in having given the old numbers as well as the
new to the Hymns and Psalms. By this method the poor keep the books
they have, and every volume of the former editions retains its place; while
the minister and clerk are hereby enabled to give out the old number or
the new according to discretion. But I apprehend it will be best to mention
both of them; the old Number first, and then the page of the new one — thus,
147th Hymn of the second book —
55th page of the Arrangement; or only page 55.
OBJECTION.
" If Dr. Watts himself did not fill up the vacancies in the first book,
nor arrange the Hymns and Psalms, no other person should have done it."
It is true that the excellent man did not introduce the supplementary
Hymns. And it is true that he did not correct the errata of his tables, but
suffered them to remain through all the editions published in his life time,
from the first to the last. And it is also true that he did not fill up his in-
dexes, but left the table of scriptures without inserting one text from Ge-
nesis to Job. And it is moreover true that he did not enlarge his table of
subjects, which is one of the most incomplete ever annexed to a work of in-
calculable benefit. —
But will any considerate man — any genuine friend of Dr. Watts's Hymns
and Psalms, say, that because the Doctor never corrected those errors, and
never improved these indexes, therefore no one else should do it? Such a
declaration is not to be read in the page of reason, nor to be heard, but
from the lips of distraction, or in the regions of lunacy.
As to the introduction of the Hymns to fill up the deficiencies in the first
book, the general voice lias given it an indelible imprimatur-.
Respecting enlarged Indexes of Scriptures and of Subjects, it may suffice
to say, that if there be any need at all of them, then the more complete
they are the better.
And as to the arranging of the whole into chapters of united sub-
jects, I could almost persuade myself, that if it had early enough occurred
to the Doctor himself, he Mould in all probability have approved of it. I
judge so for two reasons.
1. Because he has given examples of it in the work itself, and justified
the plan in several instances. He has wisely placed, in distinct sections,
(1.) The Hymns on Solomon's Song. (2.) Those on the Lord's Supper.
(5.) The Songs to the Blessed Trinity ; and, (4.) The Hosannas to
PREFACE. m
Chritt Thc«e distinct branches of a beautiful tree bang out their fruits
to full view, and we gather without search or difficulty. But the other
clustering plenty is sometimes ungathered, antMtedj being hidden behind
the leaves, or enveloped in the thicket. To have been const ' ■t.-nt therefore
with himself', the Doctor should have distributed the Bflfafe work into sec-
tions, or HOJM of it. But b\ letting the example in several chapters, it is
presumed he ha-, sanctioned the analysis of every part of the work.
.'. I am strengthened in my pefsnasioo that an arrangement of the
Huiiib and PealnM would have net the approbation of Dr. Watts himself j
because, the plan has been so generally approved by many of his warmest
admirers. It is only the acknowledgment of a debt of gratitude to sav,
that some of the first characters anion- the Protestant Dissenters have pro-
nounced a flattering opinion on the design — the voice has been heard with
pleasure; but it has al>o crca'ed a proportioned anxiety to render the ttC6*
rtition of the Work not altogether unworthy of the respect and patronage
of competent judges.
EXTRACTS OF THE FORMER PREFACES.
In the large editions of this work there are long notes which the author
himself omitted in the -mailer, as not absolutely necessary. And, in most
of the late editions, the prefaces have been abridged. But it may be pro-
per to retain the following directions.
" If the Psalm be too long for the time or custom of singing", there are
pauses in many of them, at which you may properly rest. And in some
places you may begin to sing at a pause. Or you may leave out those
relies," in the Psalms and Hymns, " which are included in crotchets [
without disturbing the sense.
M Do not always confine yourself to six stanzas, but sing seven or e/^ht
rather than confound the sense, and abu.e the Hymn or Psalin in solemn
worship.
" It were to be wished also that we might not dwell so long upon every
single note, and produce the syllables to such a tiresome extent, with a
constant uniformity of time; which disgraces the music, and puts the con-
gregation quite out of breath in singing t\\c or six stan/as: whereas, if the
of tinging were but reformed to a greater speed of pronunciation,
we might often enjoy the pleasure of a longer Psalm with less expence of
time and breath; and our Psalmody would be more agreeable to that of
the ancient churches, more intelligible to others, and more delightful to
ourselves. n
CONCLUSION.
I feel myself constrained by inclination and duty to make my very
grateful acknowledgments to several brethren, who have in different ways
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encouraged this publication: particularly to the Rev. Mr. Timothy Tho-
mas, for his suggestions concerning the plan; and to the Rev. Mr. Collins
for his assistance in the Index of Scriptures. I have also availed m\>Hi
of the hints of many other respectable Ministers. But, if after the at-
tempts which have been made to restore Dr. Watts's genuine text, by a
collation of copies; to remove the encumbrance of first, second, and third
book ; to reduce all the tables of first lines, of scriptures, and of subjects,
into one of each ; and to give facility to the use of every part of the Work ;
I say, if after these attempts any persons of peculiar discernment perceive
that a more distant route is the nearest way to the object of their wishes,
I am not careful to deprive them of any gratification.
Finally, I cannot terminate these prefatory remarks without adding,
that I have found the duty which I assigned myself arduous, far be\ond
my early expectations. At i's commencement I was introduced into a
capacious plain, overspread with glittering armies. The hosts of beauty
and of brilliance appeared
'■ All arm'd, all ardent for the foe," —
but they were scattered, and few had rallied round any standard. Thus
situated, I was neither insensible to the hazard, nor unambitious of the ho-
nour of marshalling the legions. If I had possessed the requisite ardour or
skill, both should have been devoted, with all cheerfulness, to lead the van,
to form the centre, and to bring up the rear. This I have attempted. And
I am free again to profess, as I did some years since in my Selection of
Hymns, from which I have copied the method of this arrangement, that
/ have done my best. And if the Hymns and Psalms, which the Doctor
esteemed " the greatest work that ever he published for the use ot the
churches," are, by any attentions of mine rendered in the smallest degree
more acceptable and useful in the assemblies of Sion, or to the weakest
believer on earth, I shall attribute my humble efforts to the kind interpo-
sitions of Providence, enroll the success in the catalogue of distinguished
felicities, and endeavour sincerely to consecrate the service and the re-
gard, on the high altar of praise, to the God of all grace, the Father, the
Son, and the Holy Spirit. To his peculiar blessing; to the candour of
my reverend brethren in the ministry; and to the patronage of my fellow-
christians; I humbly commit the work; and remain, v ith increasing af-
fection to all who love our Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity,
Their brother and servant in the Gospel,
JOHN RIPPON.
No. 11, Grange Road, Sou'Jcxark,
Oct. 26, 1801.
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113
400
the man whose bowels move
io« where the Lord — 14
B:e--s'd mornins ! who) .:ng
nnocence
Ble-s'd redeeim r. 107
Bio d hi!
ory, dreadful
rsofthe night
But few among tlw carnal wise 127
Can creatures to perfection find 42
Children tmwledge yout
Come all harmonious tongues
Come children learn to fear i1
Come dearest Lord, descend and dw
Come, 1-
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n to raise
Come lei .'tire
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Earty my Go i without delay
Lre' the btae
abroad
Eternal severe','
tvalt tlie Lord our God
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TABLE OF FIRST LINES.
Page
Faith is the brightest evidence 286
Farasihj Name is known 485
Far from my thoughts, vain world be
gone 172
Father, how wide thy glories shine 191
Father, I bless thy gentle hand 624
Father,! long, I feint to see 691
Father, 1 smg thy wond'fous grace .... 193
Father, we wait to feel thy grace 55o'
Firm and umr.ov'ci are they 183
Firm as the earth thy gospel stands 207
Finn was my health, my day was bright 629
Fools in their heart believe and say .... 87
For ever blessed be the Lord 359
For ever shall my song record 132
From age to age exalt his name 380
From all that dwell below die skies 523
From deepdi tressand troubled thoughts 158
From heaven the sinning angels fell — 131
From thee, my God, my joys shall rise 693
Gentiles by nature we belong 5r/8
Give me the wings of faith to rise 356
Give thanks to Cod, lie reigns above.... 473
Give thanks to God, invoke his Name 459
Give thanks to God most high 469
Give fh&nks to God the sovereign Lord 468
Gi\ e u> our God immortal praise 77
Give to the Father pra se 706
Gi\e to the Lord, ye sons of fame 586
Glory to Gon that walks the sky 301
Glory to God the Fatl er's name 698
Glory to God the Trinity 695
Go | reach my gospel saith the Lord 114
Go worship at ImmanuePs feet 266
God in his earthly temple lays 482
God is" a Spirit just and wise 333
God is the refuge of his saints 499
God my supponer and my hope 163
God of eternal love 465
Gof! of my childhood and my youth 599
God of my life look gently down 622
God of my mercy and my praise 3 IS
God of the morning, at whose voice 57 1
G od of the seas, thy thund'ring voice . . 21
God the eternal awful name 49
God who In various methods told 96
Good is the Lord the heavenly King 5S2
Great God attend wn le '/ion sings 425
Great God how infinite art thou 6
Great God how oft did Israel prove. . . . 464
Great God indulge my humble claim . . 439
Great God 1 own thy sentence just 652
Gieat God the heaven's well-ordered
frame 100
Great God thy glories shall employ .... 39
Great God to what a glorious height . . 227
Great God whose universal sway 513
Great is the Lord exalted high 467
Great is the Lord, his v* orks of might . . 37
Great i> the Lord our God 4S4
Great King of gloiy and of grace 150
Great Shepherd oTthine Israel 4S7
Gieat was die day, the joy was great . . 279
Had 1 the tongues of Greeks and Jews 319
Had not the Lord, may Israel say 611
Happy is he that fears the Lord 309
Happy the church, thou sacred place . . 497
Happy the city where their sons 605
Happy the heart where graces reign .... 310
Happy the man to whom his God 160
Happy the man whose cautiousfeet 397
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Hark from the tombs a doleful sound .. 666
Hark the Redeemer from on high 562
Eledies, the friend o: sinners dies 248
He reigns ; the Lord, the Saviour reigns 677
He that hath made his refuge God .... 627
Hear me, O God, nor hide thy face .... 621
Hear what the Lord in vision said 256
Hear what the voice from iieav'n pro-
claims 653
Help, Lord, for men of virtue fail 599
Hence from my soul, sad thoughts, be gone 300
Here at thy cross, my dying God 192
High as the heav'ns above the ground . . 22
High in the heavens, eternal God 75
High on a hill of dazzling light 498
Honour to thee, almighty three 701
Hosanna to king David's son 712
H( sanna to our conqu'ring king 714
Hosanna to the king 717
Hosanna to the prince of grace 715
Hosanna to the prince ol light 238
Hosanna to the royal son 713
Hosanna to the sin 716
Hosanna with a cheerful sound 576
How are thy glories here displayed 557
How awful is thy chast'ning rod 470
1 low beauteous are their feet 123
How can 1 s nk with such a prop 355
How condescending, and how kind ... 536
How did my heart rejoice to hear 4 i 8
How fast their guilt and sorrows rise .. 236
How full of anguish is the thought .... 392
How heavy is the night 180
How j ionourable is the place 496
How is our nature spoil'd by sin 144
How large the promise, how divine 527
How long, O Lord, shall 1 complain . . 376
How long wilt thou conceal thy face . . 374
How oft have sin and satan strove 135
How pleasant, how divinely fair 424
How pleasant'tis to see 417
How pleas'd and bless'd was I 419
How rich are thy provisions, Lord 544
How sad our state by nature is 181
How shall I praise the eternal God — 38
How s! all the young secure their hearts 102
How short and hasty is our life 6 12
How should the sons of Adam's race .. 23
How strong thine arm is, mighty God . . 275
How sweet and awful is the place .... 545
How vain are all things here below 3*7
How vast die treasure we possess 390
How wond'rous great, how glorious bright 43
I can not bear thine absence, Lord 396
1 give immortal praise 708
I hate the tempter and his charms 92
I lift my banners, -aitii the Lord 502
I lift my soul to God 346
I love the Lord, he heard my cries 632
1 love the windows of thy grace 434
I send the joys of earth away 350
1 set the Lord before my face 237
I sing my Saviour's wonderous death .. 235
I waited patient for the Lord 386
I will extol thee, Lord, on high 630
If God succeed not all tie cost 413
If God to build the house deny 414
I'll bless the Lord from day to day 509
I'd praise my Maker with my breath .. 36
I'll speak the honours of my King 515
I'm not asham'd to own my Lord 339
In all my vast concerns with thee .... 11
TABLE OF FIRST LINES.
In ant cr Lord rebuke me not
•lMun.l a mighty stone
In God? wvn house pronounce bis praise I6S
lo Judah Ood of old wa* known 614
In rhim* own ways, O God of love — 603
In vain the wealthy mortals toil fttfi
In vain we lavish out our Uvea 200
Infinite grief, amazing woe
Into thine band, O God of truth 691
Is there ambition in in) heart 997
Is thii the kmit return J-'i
Uh the Lord our Saviour? hand 648
Jehovah speaks, let Israel keai 9
{ehovah reigns, he dwells in light
ehovah reigns, ha throne is high 40
Jesus, in thee our eyes behold 26o
Tesus invites his saints
Jesus is gone above the skies
Jesus our Lord ascend thy throne SIS
Jesus our Saviour and our God 214
Jesus shall reign whereVr the sun 514
Jesus the man of constant grief 189
Jesus, uhyMeauncs are not Tew 295
;ir, father's name 135
Tesus, v e bow before thy feel 550
Jesus, with all thy saints above 137
Join all the glorious names 270
ioln all the names of love and power .. 269
o\ to the world the Lord U come 22 1
J. ») 1 ord, ami prove mv ways 41<>
ndges who rule the world by laws .... 619
Jn-t .ire thj ways and true thy word .. 398
Kind is the speech of Christ our Lord . . 565
Laden with guilt and tall of feus 98
1 Let all our tongues be ooc 541
j Let aU the earth their voices raise I
i Let all the heathen writers join 101
' Iren hear the mighty deeds .... hi
i lasting glories crown 1 16
I ry creature join 51
Let every mortal ear attend 195
Let every tongue thy goodness speak .. 3n
I arise in all his might 28
I the lather and the son 70'^
: I the father live 703
I the maker's name 701
Let him embrace my soul, an i prove
Let me but hear my Saviour say 801
rtal tongues attempt losing
m boast bow strong tbey be 66
. Let Pharisees of nigh esseem 316
Let sinners take their course 410
Let the old heathens tunc their songs .. 276
Let the seventh, angel sound on lugn .. 676
Letthe whole race of creatures lie 19
Let the wild leopards of the wood Si
1 Lei them neglect thy glory, Lord 139
Let those who hear the christian nam
Let us adore th' eternal word
[Let Zion and ber sons rejoice
Let Zion in her king rejoice
Life and immortal joys are given ,
Lite is the time to serve the Lord
Lift up your eyes to th' heav'nly seats . .
Like sheep we wen last raj . . .'.
Lo. the destroy.; 11}
Lo, the young tubes or Aaron rise
Long as I live I'll bless thy name .
Long have I sat beneath the sound
Lord, at thy temple we appear . .
Lord, lust thou cast the nation oil 6oi
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151
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Lord, how divine thy comforts are
Lord, how secure in I bless'd are they .
Lord, how Kcura ur. i onscieni
Lord, I am thine, but thou wilt prove
Lord, I am vile, conceived in sin
543
299
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106
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Lord, 1 can sutler thy rebukes
Lord, I esteem thy judgments right lot
Lord, 1 have made thy word my rim:
Lord. I will blest thee all my days . .
Lord, 1 would spread mv sore distress . . 83
Lord, if thme eyes survey our faults . .
Lord, if thou dost not toon appear <**>
Lord, in the momma thou shall hear . . 4 15
Lord of the worlds above
Lord, thou hast call'd thy grace to mind
Lord, thou hast heard thy servant < ry . . <> |
Lord, thou hast searchM and seen me
thro' 10
Lord, thou hast seen my soul sincere . . 337
Lord, thou wilt hear me when I pray . . 579
Lord, tiaa pleasant thing to stand .... 483
Lord, we adore thy bounteous hand . . 552
Lord, we adore ihv vast design! 71
Lord, we are blind, we mortals blind .. 1
Lord, we confess our numerous faults .
Lord, we have heard thy works of old . . 488
Lord, what a feeble piece 645
Load, what a heaven of saving grace .. 173
Lord, wlut a thoughtless wretch was I
Lord, wlut a wretched land is this 3UI
Lord, wliat is man, poor feeble man . . 640
Lord, what was man when made at first 95
Lord, when 1 count thy mercies o'er . . 580
Lord, when my thoughts with wonder roll 278
Lord, when tlviu didst ascend on high . .
Loud hallelujahs to the Lord 53
Maker and sovereign Lord 262
Man has a soul or vast desires
Mercy and judgment are my song ... 616
Mine eyes and my desire .'
Mistaken souls, that dieam of heav'n . .
Must all the charms of nature then 11
Must friends and kindred drop and die
\h dear Redeemer and my Lord
My drowsy powers, why sleep ye so .. 370
My God, accept my early VOWS
i ousidermy distress
. « vv endless ;s thy love
My God, how many are my tears
My God, in whom are all the springs .
My God, my everlasting hope ........ 596
My God, my kmg, thy varous praise .. 2
. my life, my love 171
. my portion, and mv love 170
, permit me not to be 468
. permit my tongue
. I e spring of all iny joys 393
My God, the steps of pious men 101
My God, what endless pleasures dwell.. 31 1
My God, what inward grief 1 feel
My heart how dreadful hard it is
My rieart, rejoices in thy name 3t"v>
My never reason; song shall show 3-1
love 401
My righteous judge, my gracious God .. 368
irner stone 44o My Saviour and my king
rious sight appears 5211 My Saviour God, my sovereign prince. .
Lot what an entejiaining tight 315 My Saviour, my almighty frien J krl
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My shepherd is the living Lord 166
Mv shepherd will supply my need .... 167
My soul come meditate the day 66.3
My ^oul forsakes her vain delight 349
My soul, h<>w lovely is the place 426
My soullies cleaving to the dust 377
My soul repeat his praise 30
My soul thy great creator praise 80
Mv spirit looks to God alone 338
Mv spirit sinks within me. Lord 292
My thoughts on awful subjects roll 661
My thoughts surmount tliese lower skies 288
M} trust is in my hea v'nly friend 36 1
Naked, as from the earth we came .... 331
Nature with all her pow'rs shall sing 604
Nature with open volume stands 542
No, 1 «.hall envy them no more 456
No, I'll repine'at death no more 6,5
No more, my God, I boast no more .-. . . 1.55
No sleep nor slumber to his eyes 4/7
Nore\e has seen, nor ear has heard 686
Not all the blood of beasts 282
Not all the outward forms on earth 143
Not by the laws of innocence 2s4
Not different food, or different dress .. 315
Not from the dust affliction grows 67
Not the malicious or profane 176
Not to condemn the sons of men 283
Not to our names thou onlyjust and true 613
Not to ourselves who are but dust 46
Not 10 the terrors of the Lord 486
Not with our mortal eyes 312
Now be my heart inspir'd to sing 516
Now 1 e the God of Israel bless'd 520
Now bv the bowels of my God 314
Now lor a tune of lofty praise 249
Now from the roaring lion'; rage .. 254
Now have our hearts embraced our God 546
Now I'm convinced die Lord is kind . . 73
Now in the gall'ries of his grace 569
Now in die heat of youthful blood 592
Now let a spacious world arise 55
Now let our lips with holy fear 232
Now let our mournful songs record — 255
Now let our pains be all forgot 548
Now let the father and the son 700
Now let the Lord my Saviour smile 388
Now may the God of power and grace 602
Now plead my cause. Almighty God . . 491
Now Sata n comes with dreadful roar . . 93
Now shall my inward joys arise
Now shall my solemn vows be paid 510
Now to the e'reat an d sacred three 707
Now to the Lord a noble song 213
Now to the Lord that makes us know . . 1+6
Now to the power of God supreme 190
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O Lord, how many are my foes 573
O Lord our heav'nly king 20
O Lord our Lord, how wond'rous great 2.50
O that the Lord would guide my ways. . 178
O that thv statutes every hour 351
O the almighty Lord . . .' 12
O the delights, the heavenly joys 692
O thou that liear'st when sinners cry 383
O thou whose grace and justice reigns.. 329
O thou whose justice reigns on high 365
O what a stiff rebellious house 451
O 'tis a lovely tiling to see 320
Of justice and of grace I sing 412
Often I seek my God by night 563
Once more my soul the rising day .... 572
Our days, alas ! our mortal days 638
Our God, how firm his promise stands.. 134
Our God our help in ages past 644
Our sins, alas! how strong they be .... 687
Our souls shall magnify the Lord 218
Our spirits join t'adore' the lamb 554
Out of the deeps of long distress 157
Plung'd in a gulph of dark despair 277
Praise, everlasting praise be paid 210
Praise waits in Zion, Lord , for thee 43 1
Praise ye tlie Lord, exalt his name 494
Praise ye the Lord, my heart shall join . . 35
Praise ye the Lord, 'tis good to raise .... 76
Preserve me, Lord, in time of need . . . 109
O all; e nations, praise the Lord 522
O bless the Lor;:, my soul 26
O blessed souls are they 159
O Britain, praise thy mighty God 584
O for a shout of sacred joy 243
O for an overcoming faun 651
O God mv refuge, hear my cries
O God of grace and righteousness 3b 1
O God of mercy hear rm call 323
O God to whom revenge belongs 403
0 happy man whose soul is fill'd 415
O happj nation where the Lord 15
O happy soul that lives on high 354
O bow 1 love thy holy law KM
O if my soul we're formed for woe 326
Questions and doubts be heard no more 1 15
Raise thee my soul, fly up and run 690
Raise your triumphant songs 225
Rejoice ye righteous in the Lord 61
Remember, Lord, our mortal state .... 671
Return. O God of Love, return 394
Rise, rise, my soul, and leave the ground 5
Saints, at your father's heav'nly word . . 330
Salvation Is for ever nigh '. 191
Salvation, O the joyful sound 1S7
Save me, O God, the swelling Hoods.... 231
Save me, O Lord, from every foe 363
See what a living stone 44.5
See where the great incarnate God 680
Shall adieistsdare insult the cross 119
Shall the vile race of flesh and blood — 647
Shall we go on to sin 352
Shall wisdom cry aloud 197
Shepherds! rejoice, lift up your eyes — 216
Shew pity. Lord, O Lord forgive 34.5
Shine mighty God, on Br tain shine 69 5
Shout to the Lord, and let our joys 612
Sin has a thousand treacherous arts .... 90
Sin like a venomous disease 91
Sing a'l ye nations to the Lord J3
Sing to die Lord a 'oud 460
Sing to the Lord lehovah's name
Sing to the Lord diat built the sk'es 61 i
Sing to the Lord w.th joy'ul voice 60
Sing to the Lord \e distant lands 222
Sing to the Lord ye hea\'nly hosts
Siitine around our father's board 555
So did the Hebrew prophet raise 81
So let our lips and hvs express 174
So new-born babes desire the breast 165
Songs of immortal praise belong 58
Soon as 1 heard my father say 4 30
Sand up, my soul, shake off thy tears .. 358
St. op down', mv thoughts, nat u-.e to rise 664
Strait is die way, die doons s'.rait 151
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When the first parents of our race 136
When the great builder stretch'o the skies 69
e great judge, supreme and just 74
When we are raisea from deep distress 633
Whence do our mournful thoughts arise 201
Where are the mourners, saith the Lord 153
Where shall the man be found 303
\\ here shall we go to seek and find .... 47S
While 1 keep ^ilence and conceal 161
While men grow bold in wicked ways. . 44
Who ran describe the joys that rise 328
Who ha>behev'd thy word 245
Who is this fair one in distress 570
Who shall ascend thy heav'nly place 475
Who shall inhabit in thy hill ' 47-!
Who shall the Lord's elect condemn 289
Who will arise and plead my right 362
Why did the Jevi s proclaim their rage . . 241
Why did -he nations join to slay 263
Whv do the proud insult the poor 668
Wh'v do tie wealthv wicked boast .... 305
Why doth the Lord' stand off so far 598
Why doth the man of riches grow 669
Whv d i we mourn departing friends .. 662
W hy doe- your face, ye humble souls . . 163
Whv !:a» my Go i my soul for-ook 233
Win is my neart so far from thee 375
Wl-.'s should 1 vex my soul and fret .... 402
Why should the children of a king 343
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Why should this earth delight us so .... 4§8
lid we siart and fear to die 657
Will God for ever cast us otf 489
With all my |>owers of heart and tongue ls4
With cheerful voice I sing 268
With earnest longings of the mind 291
With holy fear, and humble ^ong
With joy' we meditate the grace 20<;
With my whole heart I'll raise my song 679
With my whole heart I've sought thy face 290
With rever'nee let the saintsappear .... 421
With songs and honours sounding loud. . 585
Would you behold the works of God . . 69
Ye angels round the throne 705
Ye holy souls in God rejoice 62
Ye islands of ihe northern sea 223
Ye nations round the earth rejoice 59
Yc servants of the almighty King 18
Ye sons of Adam, vain and young 593
Ye sons of men a feeble race 628
Ye sons of pride, that hate the just .. 670
Ye ihat delight to serve the Lord .. 17
Ye that obey th' immortal king 420
Ye tribes of Adam join 52
Yet (saith the Lord) if David's race .... 133
Zion rejoice and Judah sing 608
A TABLE OF THE IIYMXS.
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;i\o the nura i CdUioos, and the coj>
naponding Number* m (he •
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15 172
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- 690
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395 104 225
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6 106 526
691 107 -
- 678
)8 422
- 71
21 109
51 1 110 674
608
72 443 111 - -
73 300,112 22
74 3241113 228
75 693 114 235
76 238 115 22
77 358 116 355
78 136
79 277
80 12
81 353
82 138
83 251
84 252
85 163
86 687
87 43
396
142
98
112
111
408
428"
472
285
]22
531
86
181 ]29 287
692 1.30 149
612 151 - 116
171 132 265
170|
187
716
117
118
119
120
121
122
123
124
125
126
127
123 - - - -
133 - - -
134- - -
135
136
137
138
Vj9
140
141
142
143
144
145
146
147
148
149
150
151
152
153
154
155
156
157
158
159
160
161
162 ■
163 •
164 - - - •
165
166
167
168 ■
169
170 ■
BOOK III.
1 533
534
3 535
4 536
5 537
6 538
1 539
8 540
9 541
10 542
11 543
W 544
13 545
14 546
15 547
16 548
17 549
18 550
19 551
20 552
21 - - - - - 553
22 - 554j
23 555\
24 556\
25 557
Doxohgies.
26 694
27 698
28 703
29 695
30 699
31 704
32 696
33 697
34 700
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
705
706
708
709
710
712
Hosannas.
42 713
43 714
44 717
- - - 701 1 45
;s
C «i 3
A TABLE OF T1IE PSALMS.
1 . . . C. M.
400
1 19 1 P. S. M.
. 436
S. M.
. 45
. S. M.
2 P. S. M.
. 45:
37 1 P. C. M.
. 40-2
. L. M.
-
L. M.
. 99
2 P. C. If.
. 305
1 . . . S. M.
262
113
. 100
3 P. C. If.
. 401
. C. If.
. . I.. M.
38 . . . C. M.
. L. If.
241
'21 . . . C. M.
. 618
39 1 P. C. M.
. 321
3 . . . C. M.
L. M.
2 P. C. M.
. 641
. L. M. .
22 1 P. C. M.
3 P. C. M.
4 . . . L. M. .
5s:
2 P. C. M.
254
40 1 P. C. M.
. 386
. C. M. .
579
L. M.
255
2 P. C. M.
. 140
5 . . . C
. . L. M.
1 66
L. M.
. 141
6 . . . C. M. .
.
C. M.
let
41 ... L. if;
. 306
. L. If. .
625
S. M.
16S
42 1 P C. M.
. 291
7 . . • C. M. .
361
24 . . . C. If.
47f.
2 P. L. M.
. 292
8 . . . S. M. .
L. M.
44 .. .CM.
. 488
. C. M. .
25 1 P. S. M.
346
45 ... S. M.
. 481
1 P. L. M. .
5S8
2 P. S. M.
303
C. M.
. 515
1 P. 1 If. .
95
3 P. S. M.
372
1 P. L. If.
. 516
9 1 P. C. M. .
. . . L. M.
411
2 P. L. M.
. 4S0
2 P. C. M. .
~
P. C. If. .
429
46 1 P. L. M.
. 499
10 ... C. If. .
598
2 P. C. M. .
430
2 P. L. M.
500
1 1 . . . L. M. .
404
. . L. M. .
586
47 . . . CM.
2+3
12 . . . L. m. .
600
30 1 P. L. M. .
630
4S 1 P. S. If.
4S4
C. If. .
599
a P. L. M. .
629
1 P. S. M.
485
13 ... L. M. .
'
31 1 P. C. M. .
631
49 1 P. C. M.
C. M. .
- ■
2 P. C. M. .
366
2 P. C. M.
14 1 P. C. M. .
. . S. M. .
159
L. M. .
668
2 P. C. M. .
C. M. .
160
50 1 P. C If. .
!5 . . . C. M. .
474
1 P. L. If. .
162
1 P. C. If. .
108
L. M. .
475
. P. L. M. .
161
3 P. C. M. .
682
16 1 P. L. M. .
109
33 1 P. C. M. .
61
3 P. L. M. .
3 P. L. M. .
2 P. C. M. .
14
N<>« Tune .
J P. L. M. .
ff73
IP. 113 .
Old Tune .
684
I P. C. M. .
363
2 P. 113 .
51 1 P. L. M. .
345
9 P. C. M. .
23*?
34 1 P. L. M. .
508
2 P. L. If. .
17 ... S. M. .
405
L M. .
589
3 P. L. If. .
383
L M. .
1? 1 P. L. If. .
1 P. C. M. .
509
1 P. C. If. .
2 P. C. M, .
590
2 P. C. M. .
2 P. L.M. .
-
35 1 P. C. M. .
491
. . C. If. .
3 P. L. M. .
J P. C. M. .
36 ... L. M. .
"
55 ... C. If. •
369
1 P. CM. .
609
1
S. If. .
410
2 P. C. M. .
610
C. M. .
44
56 ... C M. .
365
A TABLE OF THE PSALMS.
57 . . . L. M. .
79
87 . . . L. M. .
482
5 P. L. M. .
463
58 . . . 113 . .
619
89 1 P. L. M. .
132
4 P. L. M. .
69
60 . . . C. M. .
601
1 P. C M. .
34
4 P. C. M. .
70
61 . . . S. M. .
587
2 P. C M. .
421
Last P. L. M. .
607
62 . . . L. M. .
338
3 P. C. M. .
113
109 ,. . C. M. .
318
63 1 P. C. M. .
438
4 P. C. M. .
256
110 1 P. L. M. .
517
2 P. C. M. .
581
5 P. C. M. .
133
2 P. L. M. .
518
L. M. .
439
6 P. L. M. .
671
CM. .
519
S. M. .
440
Last Part 113. .
672
Ill 1 P. C. M. .
58
65 1 P. L. M. .
432
90 . . . L. M. .
648
2 P. C. M. .
57
2 P. L. M. .
68
1 P. C. M. .
644
112 ... . 115 .
507
1 P. C. M. .
431
2 P. C. M. .
595
L.M. .
508
2 P. C. M. .
583
3 P. C. M. .
394
CM. .
509
3 P. C. M. .
582
S. M. .
645
113 Proper Tune .
17
66 1 P. C. M. .
13
91 1 P. L. M. .
627
L. M. .
18
2 P. C. M. .
510
1 P. C. M. .
628
114 .. . L. M. .
471
67 ... C M. .
606
92 1 P. L. M. .
442
115 .. . 1 M. .
46
68 1 P. L. M. .
28
2 P. L. M. .
483
2 M. .
613
2 P. L. M. .
244
93 ... S. M. .
7
116 1 P. C M. .
652
3 P. L. M. .
78
2d M. .
8
2 P. C M. .
453
69 1 P. C. M. .
231
3d M. .
9
117 .. . C M. .
522
2 P. C. M. .
232
94 1 P. C. M. .
405
L. M. .
523
3 P. C. M. .
193
2 P. C. M. .
562
S. M. .
524
1 P. L. M. .
230
95 . . . C. M. .
448
118 1 P. C M. .
367
2 P. L. M. .
229
S. M. .
449
2 P. C M. .
634
71 1 P. C M. .
596
L.M. .
450
3 P. C M. .
479
2 P. C. M. .
154
96 ... C. M. .
222
4 P. C M. .
444
3 P. C. M. .
597
113 .
1
S. M. .
445
72 1' P. L. M. .
513
97 1 P. L. M. .
677
L.M. .
446
2 P. L. M. .
514
2 P. L. M. .
217
119 1 P. C M. .
399
73 1 P. C. M. .
73
3 P. L. M. .
185
2 P. C M. .
409
2 P. C. M. .
169
C. M. .
225
3 P. C M. .
355
L. M. .
457
98 1 P. C. M. .
124
4 P. C. M. ,
102
S. M. .
72
2 P. C. M. .
221
5 P. C. M. .
105
74 ... C. M. .
489
99 1 P. S. M. .
257
6 P. C. M. .
104
75 . . . L. M. .
617
2 P. S. M. .
447
7 P. C M. .
101
76 ... C. M. .
614
100 .. . 1st M. .
59
8 P. C. M. .
105
77 1 P. C M. .
293
2dM. .
60
9 P. C M. .
504
2 P. C. M. .
470
101 .. . L. M. .
616
10 P. C. M. .
208
78 1 P. C. M. .
81
C. M. .
412
11P.C.M. .
178
2 P. C. M. .
461
102 1 P. C. M. .
621
12 P. C. M. .
578
3 P. C. M. .
462
2 P. C. M. .
512
13 P. C. M. .
290
L. M. .
464
3 P. L. M. .
649
14 P. C M. .
623
SO . . . L. M. .
487
103 1 P. L. M. .
25
15 P. C M. .
351
81 ... S. M. .
460
2 P. L. M. .
51
16 P. C. M. .
377
82 . . . L. M. .
620
1 P. S. M. .
26
17 P. L. M. .
560
83 . . . S. M. .
490
2 P. S. M. .
50
Last P. L. M. .
624
84 1 P. L. M. .
424
3 P. S. M. .
48
120 .. . C M. .
64
2 P. L. M. .
425
104 .. . L. M. .
80
121 .. . L. M. .
63
C. M. .
426
105 .. . C. M. .
459
C. M. .
64
148 .
427
106 1 P. L. M. .
511
148 . .
65
83 1 P. L. M. .
382
2 P. S. M. .
465
1 22 . . . C. M. .
418
2 P. L. M. .
191
107 1 P. L. M. .
475
Proper Tune . . .
419
86 . . . C. M. .
50
2 P. L. M. .
580
123 .. . C. M. .
329
atvmj-: or 1 1 1 1 : psalms.
1. M. .
..11
1
C
. M. .
47
P. C. M. .
. . C M. .
. . .
CM. .
146
. . . L. M. .
5. M. .
is 1
469
n; . .
36
. . L M. .
507
1.
M. .
77
147
1 P. I.. M. .
76
C. M.
506
. . .
L
M. .
8 P. L. M. .
584
1 27 .
. . L. M. •
413
I P.
L.
M. .
10
C. M. .
414
P.
L,
M. .
146
Propei M. .
1.N .
. . C. Iff. .
3 P.
]..
M. .
J.. M. .
53
. . C Iff. .
1 P.
C
M. .
11
S. M. .
54
130 .
. . C. Iff. .
, ,.
C.
M. .
\49
...CM..
407
1.. M. .
156
1 1'.
c.
M. .
150
. . . C. M. .
459
l '.1 .
. . C M. .
141
. .
1..
M. .
138 .
. . I.. M. .
478
14 J
• • .
G
M. .
Dir
477
14»
. . •
1..
M. .
1
. . . L. M. .
696
. . C. M. .
144
1 P.
C.
M. .
359
8
...CM..
7H2
41m
!».
c.
M. .
640
J
...CM..
i ; : . .
417
3 P.
c.
M. .
605
4
. . . S. M. .
. . C M. .
L45
L.
M. .
'J
.")
. . 11:; M. .
135 l
P. L. M. .
4iH
i V.
C.
M .
3
6
. . 146 M. .
711
i
I'. L. M. .
8 P.
c.
M. .
94
SYLLABUS
OF THE
ARRANGEMENT OF THE HYMNS AND PSALMS.
GOD Hymns and Psalms 1 to the 54
His Perfections 1 46
Praise to God 47 54
CREATION AND PROVIDENCE 55 81
FALLOFMAN 82 95
SCRIPTURE 96 210
Properties of it 96 105
Moral Laws 106 112
Gospel 113 124
Doctrines and Blessings 125 194
Invitations and Promises 195 210
CHRIST 211 278
HisDivinity 211 214
Incarnation 215 223
Life an J Ministry 224 228
Sufferings and Death 229 236
Resurrection, Ascension, and Exaliation 237 257
Intercession 258 263
Characters and Offices 26-1 270
Addresses to him 271 278
HOLYSP1R1T 279 344
His Influences and Graces'* 279 240
Addresses to the Spirit 341 344
CHRISTIAN LIFE 345 396
SAINTS AM) SINNERS 397 407
WORSHIP 408 453
Private 408 411
Family 412 417
Public 418 434
Lord's Day 535 445
Before Prayer 447 448
Before Sermon 449 451
After Sermon 452 453
WORLD 454 458
CHURCH 459 52 1
The jrai.h ; or, the History of the Israelites 459 473
Hie Chrisiiun Church 474 524
Settlement and Beauty of it 474 486
Afflictions, Persecutions and Complaints 487 493
Safety, Deliverance and Triumph 491 505
Church Meetings 506 513
Prater, and Praise, for the Enlargement of the Church .. 514 524
CIRCUMCISION AND BAPTISM 525 532
LORD'S SUPPER 533 5.57
SOLOMON'S SONG 558 570
TIMES AND SEASONS... 571 634
HME AND ETERNITY 635 6*5
DEATH AND THE RESURRECTION 617 fi75
JUDGMENT 676
HELL AND HEAVEN 685 693
DOXOLOGIES 694 712
Hosannas to Christ 713 716
* The Graces of the Spirit are placed alphabetically.
DR. WATTS'f
PSALMS AXD HYMNS.
PKRI K( TIONS OF GOD.
' 1 1 . Kewcourt 173.
■ *>. As the 1 13th Psalm.)
The G<*i of :
LET all the earth their voice- rake
To sing the choices! psalm ol praise,
To sing and bless Jehovah's name i
His glory let the heathens know,
His wonders to the nanon* show.
And all his saving works proclaim.
1
The heathens know thy glory, Lord ;
The wondering nations read thy word,
In Britain is Jehovah known:
Our worship shall no more be paid
To gods which mortal hands have made;
Our Maker is our God alone.
3
He fram'd the globe, he built the sky,
He made the shining worlds on high,
And reigns complete in gloiy there:
Hi> iK-ams are majesty and light;
Hn beauties- bow divmelj bright;
His temple how divineh ■
4
Ome the great day, the glorious hour,
1 \\ hen earth shall feel hu >a\ ing power,
And baiharous nations tejr his name;
Then shall the race of man confess
I The beauty of his holiness,
And in his courts his grace proclaim.
Itfftmfl 17*, Dmty 169, ! a
| Psalm 145. L. M.)
The Or— tmrti •/ I
Y God, my King, thy ranou* praise
Shall till the remnant of my day- ;
employ m> humble tongue
Till death and glory raise the song.
The wings of every hour shall bear
Some thankful tribute to thine ear;
And every setting sun shall >ee
New works of dutv done for thee.
Thy truth and justice I'll proclaim;
Thv bounty Bows, an endless stream,
Thy mercy swift, thine angei
But dreadful to the stubborn foe.
4
Thy works with sovereign glory shine,
And speak thy majesty divine;
I et Britain round her' shores proclaim
d and honour of thy name.
M
Let distant times and nations raise
The long succession of thy praise;
And unborn as'cs make my song
rhejoj and labour of their tongue.
6
But who can speak thy wond'rous deeds'
.tiller all our thoughts exceeds'.
\ isl and unsearchable thy wa;>:
\ a-t and immoital be thy praise !
3. MH'nttrn Port 183, Arlington 17, Mm 15 1 .
<Psalml45. v. 1— 7,11 — 13. 1st Part, CM.
The Greatness of God.
LONG as 1 live 111 bless thy name,
M > K ing, my God of love ;
If] work and joy shall l>e the laine
In the bright world above.
2
Great is the Lord, his power unknown,
And let his praise be great:
I'll >ing the rumours of thy throne,
Thv works of grace reiKJt.
3
Thy grace shall dwell upon my tongue;
Ami while my !ip> rejoice,
The men that hear my sacred song
Shall join their cheertul voice.
4
Fathers to sons shall teach thy name.
And children learn thy ways;
thy truth proclaim,
And nations sound thy praise.
5
Thy glorious deeds of ancient date,
Miall thro' the world be known ;
Thine arm of power, thy heavenly state,
\S ith public splendor shown.
6
The world is manag'd by thy hands,
no are rui'd b> love;
And thine eternal kingdom stands,
1 ho' rock* and hilU remove.
I . Kffmft 188, Hotham 224, Ltb.tr.on 79;
(H>mn'.'6. B.2. 1
-isible.
LORD, we are blind, we mortals blind,
W e can't behold thy bright
O ';i- beyond acreaturv-
To glance a thought hall way to God.
B
5,6
PERFECTIONS
Infinite leagues beyond the sky
The Great Eternal reigns alone,
Where neither wings nor soul can fly,
Nor angels climb the topless throne.
'3
The Lord of Glory builds his seat
Of gems insufferably bright,
And lays beneath his sacred feet
Substantial beams of gloomy night.
4
Yet, glorious Lord, thy gracious eyes
Look thro', and cheer us from above ;
Beyond our praise thy grandeur flies,
Yet we adore, and yet we love.
5. Neu.bury132, Hethzibah 77, Gainsbro' 29.
(Hymn 17. B.2. CM.)
God's Eternity.
RISE, rise, my soul, and leave the ground,
Stretch all thy thoughts abroad,
And rouse up every tuneful sound
To praise th! eternal God.
2
Long ere the lofty skies were spread
Jehovah fill'd his throne ;
Or Adam form'd, or angels made,
The Maker liv'd aione.
3
Hi- boundless years can ne'er decrease,
But still maintain their prime;
' his dweiling-piaee,
And ever is his time. *
4
While like a tide cur minutes flow,
The present and the past,
He nils his own immortal now,
And sees cur age^ waste.
5
The sea and sky must perish too,
And vast destruction come !
The creatures — look, how old they grow,
And wait their fiery doom!
6
Well, let the sea shrink all away,
And f.ame melt down the skies,
My God shall live an endless day,
When th' old creation dies.
6- Charmouth 28, London 180, Abridge 201.
(Hymn 67. B.2. CM.)
God's eternal Dominion.
GREAT God, how infinite art thou!
What worthless worms are we!
Let the whole race of creatures bow
And pay their praise to thee.
2
Thy throne eternal ages stood,
Ere seas or star* were made ;
Thou art the ever-living God
Were all the nations dead.
3
Nature and time quite naked lie
To thine immense survey,
From the formation of the sky
To the great burning day.
Eternity with all its years
Stands present in thy view;
To thee there's nothing old appears,
Great God, there's nothing new.
Our lives through various scenes are drawn,
And vex'd with trilling cares;
While thine eternal thought moves on
Thine undisturb'd affairs,
6
Great God, how infinite art thou!
What worthless worms are we !
Let the whole race of creatures bow
And pay their praise to thee.
7. Old Hundred 100, Wareham 117.
(Psalm 93. IstM. As the 100th Psalm.)
The Eternal and Sovereign God.
JEHOVAH reigns; he dwells in light,
Girded with majesty and might:
i he world created by hb hands
Still on its first foundation stands.
2
But ere this spacious world was made,
Or had its first foundations laid,
Thy throne eternal ages stood,
Thyself the ever-living God.
3
Like floods the angry nations rise.
And aim their rage against the skies;
\ ain floods that aim their rage so high!
At thy rebuke the billows die.
4
For ever shall thy throne endure;
Thy promise stands for ever sure;
And everlasting holiness
Becomes the dwellings of thy grace.
8. The old 50th.
(Psalm 93. 2d M. As the old 50th Psalm.)
The same.
THE Lord of glory reigns; he reigns on
high;
His robes of state are strength and majesty :
This wide creation rose at his command,
Built by his word, and stablish'd by his hand :
Long stood his throne ere he began creation,
And his ownGodhead is the firm foundation.
2
God is th' eternal King: Thy foes in vain
Raise their rebellions to confound thy reign :
In vain the storms in vain the floods arise,
And roar, and toss their waves against the
skies;
Foaming at heaven, they rage with wild
commotion, • [ocean.
But heaven's high arch.es scorn the swelling
3
Ye tempests, rage no more ; ye flonds,be still ;
And the mad woild submissive to his will:
Built on his truth his church must ever stand ;
Firm are his promises, and strong his hand i
ice his own sons, when they appear before
him, [him.
Bow at his footstool, and with fear adore
OF (.(>!).
1 1
. Psalm.)
The ttmm.
THK Lord Jehovah n
And royal state mai
awful glories i row n\ij
light,
ign ought,
ound.
inlands
urely stands;
word:
was ii\'<l "ii high
i • e starr sky;
ihj kingdom, Lord.
3
e and loud,
,\'ir empire rage and roar;
spite,
The
And dash Like waves against die shore.
!< and nations rage,
And all their pow<
Shall beat their madness down;
Thy throne for ever stands on high.
5
Kt are true,
Thy grace is ever n
• \'d thy church -hall ne'er remove:
untt with hoi;
Shall in thy court., appear,
And sing thine everlasting I
1 0- flw mse 2 K.
(Psalm 139. 1st Part. L.M.)
The All tmttg
LORD, thou lust search'd and seen me
thro';
Thine eye commands with ptercin
My rising and my resting hours,
Mv heart and Item with all their powers.
My thoughts, before they are my own,
Are to my God distinctly known ;
He knows th ■ words I mean to speak
Err from my op*nlng lips they break.
, Within thy circling power 1 stand ;
On • t thy band:
Awake, asleep, at hunt-, abl
1 am surrounded still with God.
\
Amazing knowledge, vast and great'
What large extent' what lofty height!
. with all the p
b in the boun II
S
' O may these thoughts reast,
•r 1 rove, wheie'er I
dare
1 Consent to mu, for Go 1 is there ■
Rippnns 188. PAUSE I.
Could I
ind thy love,
. ould l t'n} presence shun,
i th) dreadful glory run'
7
It' up to heaven I take my fliqht,
Tu there thou dwellM enthron*d
or dive to hel .
•
Ii' mounted on a morn; I
I flj beyond th • i
Thy swifter hind would
And tiu ■:
Or should Iff]
Beneath the spn
one glance ol thin* . ray,
Would kindle darkness into day.
10
• 0 m .r breast
' \\ here'er I ri ve, •■■•
' v>r let my "• ■ dare
there.'
: 11.
The veil of night is r.
.••en from thy a
Thy hand can
rhro' midnight-*had<
12
Midnight and noon in this agree.
beej
•uh can hide what God Will
And hell lies na*
I I
' O in : ;irea«t,
rod is there.'
1 I. Btdford9\,Lond
Cod i
IS all my vast concerns with thee
In vaiii my soul would try-
To shun thy presence. Lord, or flee
The notice of thine eye.
o
Thy all-surrounding sight survevs
My ri 1 1 > an l mj
My public walks, my private way:,
.•.rets ot my breast.
My thoughts lie open to th- Lord
Before they're form'd within;
And ere my lips pronounce the word,
.now, the sense 1 mean.
\
O wond'rous knowledge. ;
\\ here can a creatuie
Within thy circling arm
■
5
So let thy grace surround me still,
And like a bulwark prove,
To guard my soul fi
Secux'd by sovereign love
2, 13
PERFECTIONS
Bedford 91. PAUSE. London 180.
Lord, where shall guilty souls retire,
Forgotten and unknown ?
In hell they meet thy dreadful fire,
In heaven thy glorious throne.
7
Should I suppress my vital breath
To 'scape the wrath divine,
Thy voice would break the bars of death,
And make the grave resign.
8
If wing'd with beams of morning-light,
I fly beyond the west.
Thy hand, which must support my flight,
Wou'd soon betray my rest.
9
If o'er my sins I think to draw
The curtains of the night,
Those flaming eyes that guard thy law
Would turn the shades to light.
10
The beams of noon, the midnight hour,
Are both alike to thee:
O may I ne'er provoke that power
From which I cannot flee !
12- Aynhoe 108, Sutton 149, Simons 250.
(Hymn 80. B.2. S. M.)
God's awful Power and Goodness.
O THE almighty Lord !
How matchless is his power!
Tremble, O earth, beneath his word,
And all the heavens adore.
2
Let proud imperious kings
Bow low before his throne,
Crouch to his feet, ye haughty things,
Or he shall tread you down.
3
Above the skies he reigns,
And with amazing blows
He deals unsufferabie pains
On his rebellious foes.
4
Yet, everlasting God,
We love to speak thy praise;
Thy sceptre's equal to thy rod,
The sceptre of thy grace.
5
The arms of mighty love
Defend our Sion well,
And heavenly mercy walls us round
From Babylon and Hell.
6
Salvation to the King
That sits enthron'd above ;
Thus we adore the God of might,
And bless the God of love.
1 3 . Tunbridge 1 03, Cambridge 74.
(Psalm 66. 1st Part. CM.)
Governing Power and Goodness ; or, our
Graces tried by Affliction.
SING, all ye nations, to the Lord,
Sing with a joyful noise ;
With melody of sound record
Hi* honours, and your jo> s.
Say to the power that shakes the sky,
' How terrible art thou !
' Sinners before thy presence fly,
1 Or at thy feet they bow.'
3
[Come, see the wonders of our God,
How glorious are his ways !
In Moses' hand he puts his rod,
And cleaves the frighted seas.
4
He made the ebbing channel dry,
While Israel pass'd the flood ;
There did the church begin their joy,
And triumph in their God.]
He rules by his resistless might :
Will rebel-mortals dare
Provoke th' Eternal to the fight,
And tempt that dreadful war ?
6
O bless our God, and never cease ;
Ye saints, fulfil his praise ;
He keeps our life, maintains our peace,
And guides our doubtful ways.
7
Lord, thou hast prov'd our suffering souls,
To make our graces shine ;
So silver bears the burning coals
The metal to refine.
8
Thro' wat'ry deeps and fiery ways
We march at thy command,
Led to possess the promis'd place
By thine unerring hand.
14. Devizes 14, Evans 190, Mia/1 240.
(Psalm 33. 2d Part. CM.)
Crmtures vain, and God all-sufficient.
LEST is the nation where the Lord
Hath fix'd his gracious throne;
Where he reveals his heavenly word,
And calls their tribes his own.
2
His eye, with infinite survey,
Does the whole world behold ;
He form'd us all of equal clay,
And knows our feeble mould.
3
Kings are not rescu'd by the force
Of armies from the grave;
Nor speed nor courage of an horse
Can the bold rider save.
4
Vain is the strength of beasts or men
To hope for safety thence ;
But holy souls from God obtain
A strong and sure defence.
God is their fear, and God their trust;
When plagues or famine spread,
His watchful eye secures the just
Amongst ten thousand dead.
6
Lord, let our hearts in thee rejoice,
And bless us from thy throne;
For we have made thy word our choice,
And trust thy grace alone.
B
I... 16
OK GOD.
17, 18
I.',. O'/IIJ-:
i Tart. Althe 115th Psalm.)
Crmtmtt vain, an r <.' ,/ .ill-sufficient.
O HAPPY nation, where tl (Lord
Reveals the n
\w.\ buildi Ins chun h,hii earthlj
Hit eye the heath m -•
m'd thou hearts, be knows their srays
Bat Ood their Maker is unknown.
8
Ij upon their hoet,
his strength the champion boast;
in vain they boast, in vain relj ,
In vain we trust the urinal force,
Or speed, or courage of an h
To guard his ruler, or to liv.
3
The eye of thy compassion, Lord,
D ith more secure defence ajford,
When death or dangers threafning stand:
watchful eve preserves the iust,
their tear and trust,
u ben wan or famine wait., the land.
I
kness or the bloody held,
; Thou our physician, thou our shield,
Send US salvation from thy throne ;
to see Lb] goodness shine;
Let us rejoice in help divine,
II out hope is God alone.
1 6- Angels Hymn oO, Hahvhn Streams C3,
Paur
(Hymn 22. B.2. L.M.)
h God is terrible Majesty.
'TT.RRIBLL Gfod, that reign'si on night
I How awful i» thy thundering hand]
1 in fiery holts how tierce they flyl
Nor can all earth or hell withstand.
j
This the old rebel-angels knew.
And Satan fell beneath thy frown:
Thine anew, struck the traitor through,
And weighty vengeance sank him down.
.;
lom felt, ami feels it still,
' And roan beneath th' eternal load,
4 With endless burnings who cm dwell,
1 ' Or bear the fury of a
V
Tremble, ye sinners, and submit.
Throw down your arms before his throne,
Bend your heads low beneath his :
Or his strong hand shall crush you clou n.
. bless'd saints, that love him too,
With reverence bow before his name,
Thus all his heavenly ser\ ani
God is a bright and burning I
17. Martin's Line 61, Jennings's 123.
(Psalm 113. Proper Tunc.)
The Majesty and Condescension of Cod.
YE that delight to serve the Lord,
The honours ot hi, name record,
II;. U '(■ I name for ever bl
Where'ei the circling sun displays
His ii. in- beams, or letting raj -,'
Lei lands and seas his power confess.
Not time, nor nature's narrow rounds,
. it dominion hounds,
ii below his height:
Let no cieated greatni
W ith our eternal God compare,
Amid with his uncreati d
3
1 - his glorious head to view
What the bright hosts of angels do,
ind bends hi-, care to mortal things;
•eign hand exalts the poor,
• the needy from the door,
And makes them company for kings.
!
When childless families despair,
• of an heir
To rescue their expiring name:
The mother with a thankful voice
Proclaims his praises and her joys:
Let ever> age advance his fame.
18- Bromley 10 1, Mark's t]^, Re::
(Psalm 1 13. L.M.)
God Sovereign and Gracious.
YY. servants of th' almighty King,
In every age his p
Where'er the sun shall rise or s( i,
1 he nations shaii his praise repeat.
Above the earth, beyond the sky,
lands his high throne of majesty :
Nor time, nor place, his power restrain,
Nor bound his universal reign.
3
Which of the sons of Adam dare,
Or angels, with their God compare !
Mis glories h ■
U ho dwells in uncreated light!
4
Behold his love : he stoops to view
What saints above and angels do;
And condescends yet more to know
The mean affairs of men below.
5
From dust and cottages obscure,
mblepoor;.
em the honour of his
And his them tor their heave nh thrones..
[A word of his creatm; voice
Can make the barren
l ho' Sara]
I he promii'd seed is born at la.st.
ID, 20
PERFECTIONS
f]
With joy the mother views her son,
And tells the wonders God has done:
Faith may grow strong when sense despairs,
If nature fails, the promise bears.]
\9. Abridge 201 , Brighthelmstone 203.
(Hymn 99. B.2. CM.)
The Book of God's Decrees.
LET the whole race of creatures lie
Abas'd before their God:
Whate'er his sovereign voice hath form'd
He governs with a nod.
2
[Ten thousand ages ere the skies
Were into motion brought,
All the long years and worlds to come
Stood present to his thought.
3
There's not a sparrow or a worm
But's found in his decrees;
He raises monarchs to their thrones,
And sinks them as he please.]
4
If light attends the course I run,
'Tis he provides those rays ;
And 'tis his hand that hides my sun,
If darkness cloud my days.
5
Yet I would not be much concern'd,
Nor vainly long to see
The volume of his deep decrees,
What months are writ for me.
6
When he reveals the book of life,
0 may I read my name
Amongst the chosen of his love,
The followers of the Lamb !
20- Henley 38, Mansfield 154, Finsbury 155.
(Psalm 8. S.M.)
God's Sovereignty and Goodness ; and Man's
Dominion over the Creatures.
OLORD, our heavenly King,
Thy name is all divine ;
Thy glories round the earth are spread,
And o'er the heavens they shine.
2
When to thy works on high
1 raise my wondering eyes,
And see the moon complete in light
Adorn the darksome skies:
3
When 1 survey the stars,
And all their shining forms,
Lord, what is man, that worthless thing,
A-kin to dust and worms ?
4
Lord, what is worthless man,
That thou should 'st love him so?
Next to thine angels is he plac'd,
And Lord of all below.
5
Thine honours crown his head,
While beasts like slaves obey,
And birds that cut the air with wings,
And fish that cleave the sea.
How rich thy bounties are!
And wond'rous are thy ways:
Of dust and worms thy power can frame
A monument of praise.
7
[Out of the mouths of babes
And sucklings thou canst draw
Surprising honours to thy name,
And strike the world with awe.
8
O Lord, our heavenly king,
Thy name is all divine:
Thy glories round the earth are spread,
And o'er the heavens they shine.]
21. Old Hundred 1 00, Green's 89.
(Hymn 70. B. 2. L.M.)
God's Dominion over the Sea, Ps. cvii.
23, &c.
GOD of the seas, thy thundering voice
Makes all the roaring waves rejoice,
And one soft word of thy command
Can sink them silent in the sand.
2
If but a Moses wave thy rod,
The sea divides and owns its God;
The stormy floods their Maker knew,
And let his chosen armies through.
3
The scaly flocks amidst the sea
To thee their Lord a tribute pay;
The meanest fish that swims the flood
Leaps up, and means a praise to God.
4
[The larger monsters of the deep,
On thy commands attendance keep,
By thy permission sport and play,
And cleave along their foaming way.
5
If God his voice of tempest rears
Leviathan lies still and fears,
Anon he lifts his nostrils high,
And spouts the ocean to the sky.]
6
How is thy glorious power ador'd,
Amidst those wat'ry nations, Lord!
Yet the bold men that trace the seas,
Bold men, refuse their Maker's praise.
7
[What scenes of miracle they see,
And never tune a song to thee!
While on the flood they safely ride,
They curse the hand that smooths the tide.
8
Anon they plunge in wat'ry graves,
And some drink death among the waves:
Yet the surviving crew blaspheme,
Nor own the God that rescu'd them.]
9
O for some signal of thine hand,
Shake all the seas, Lord, shake the land,
Great Judge descend, lest men deny
That there's a God that rules the sky.
OF GOD.
2*, 25
*2<2- yamtft 183, Aims 58.
(Hymn 115. IS. J. CM.)
CnJ Mf Avenger of his Saints ; or, At'j Kiiip-
doin IH
HIGH a- the heavens above the ground
Reign >God;
Wick a> die whole creation^ bound
Extends his awlul rod.
i
L'*t princes ol
To him ueribe iiicir crown,
Render their homage at hit tret,
And cjjt then glories down.
i
Know that his kingdom is supreme,
Your lofty; thoughts are van;
■.mi gods, thai awful name,
But ye must die like men.
4
Then let the sovereigns of the globe
Not iljn- to vex the just;
He puts on vengeance like a robe,
And treads the worms to dust.
S
Ye judges of the earth, be wise,
An. I think on heaven with fear;
The meanest saint that you despise
Has an avenger there.
23 . Ah, Ugt CO ! , London 180. Char mouth 28-
(Hymn 86. B. 1. CM.)
,jus:, and sovereign, Job. ix. 2 — 10.
HOW should the sons of Adam's race
Be pure before their God !
If he contend in righteoojoess
W e tall beneath his rod.
2
To vindicate my words and thoughts
I'll make no more pretence;
Not one of all my thousand faults
Can beai a just defence.
J
Strong is his arm, his heart is wi>e ;
\\ hat vain prestimers dare
Against their Maker's hand to rue,
Or tempt th' unequal war'
4
[Mountains by his almighty wrath
from their old seats ate torn;
He shakes the earth from south to north,
And all her pillars mourn.
5
i He bids the sun forbear to ri^e,
Th' obedient sun forbears:
His hand with sackcloth spreads the skies
And seals up ail the sta: >.
6
He walks upon the stormy sea,
Flies on the stormy wind;
There's none can trace his wond'rous way.
Or his dark footsteps find.]
I | Ifiib «ru PsK 181, irlingtM 17, Elim 151 .
(PsalstJ 1 1 ,. ver. 7, fcc 3d Part, CM.)
The Goodness of God.
SWEET i> the memory of thy grace,
M\ God, mj heavenly King;
Let age to age tin righteouanesi
In sound, ofgl
God reigns on high, bill not i onftnes
His goodness to the skic-.,
Thro' the whole earth his bounty shines
And every want supplies.
i
With longing eyes thy creatures wait
Oil thee lur daily lood,
Thy lib'ral hand provides their meat
And fills then mouths with good.
4
How kind are thy compassions, Lord'
How ilow thine anger m. .
13 it soon he sends his pardoning word
To cheer the souls be loves.
5
Creatures, with all their endless race,
i ii. power and praise proclaim;
LUit saints tha: taste thy richer grace
Delight to bless thy name.
25- Ulverston 170, P"rtu?a/97fBredby 165
omitting 1th Vast.
(Psalm 103. ver. 1—7. 1st Part. L. M.)
Blessing God for his Goodness to Soul and Body.
BLESS, <) my soul, the living God,
( .ill home th) thoughts that rove abroad,
Let all the powers within me join
In work and worship so divine.
2
my soul, the God of grace;
His favours claim thy highest praise;
Why should the wonders he hath wrought
Be lost in silence and forgot?
3
'Tis he, my soul, that sent his Son
To die for crimes which thou hast done ;
He owns the ransom; and forgives
The hourly follies of our lives.
4
The vices of the mind he be
And cures the pains that nature feels;
Redeems the soul from hell, and saves
Our wasting life from threat';.
I
Our youth decayM his power repairs ;
His mercy « rowas our growing years ;
He satisfies our mouth with
And tills our hopes with heavenly food.
6
tli' oppressor and th' opr.
And often gives the sufferers ECStj
But will hisjustice more display-
In the last great rewarding day.
7
[His power he shew'd by Motes' hands
And gave to Israel his commands ;
But teat his truth and mercy down.
To all the nations by lus Son.
26, 27
PERFECTIONS
28, 2D
Let the whole earth his power confess,
Let the whole earth adore his grace ;
The Gentile with the Jew shall join
In work and worship so divine.]
26- Stockport 47, Enfield 5, Eagle Sheet
New 55.
(Psalm 103. ver. 1—7. 1st Part. S.M.)
Praise for spiritual and temporal Mercies.
O Bless the Lord, my soul;
Let all within me join,
And aid my tongue to bless his name,
Whose favours are divine.
2
O bless the Lordvmy soul ;
Nor let his mercies lie
Forgotten in unthankfulness,
And without praises die.
3
Tis he forgives thy sins,
Tis he relieves thy pain,
>Tis he that heals thy sicknesses,
And makes thee young again.
4
He crowns thy life with love,
When ransom'd from the grave;
He that redeeni'd my soul from hell
Hath sovereign power to save.
5
He fills the poor with good;
He gives the sufferers rest;
The Lord hath judgments for the proud,
And justice for th' opprest.
6
His wondrous works and ways
He made by Moses known *
But sent the world his truth and grace,
By his beloved Son.
27- Wells 102, Marks 65.
(Hymn 46. B.2. L.M.)
God's Condescension to Human Affairs.
UP to the Lord that reigns on high,
And views the nations from afar,
Let everlasting piaises fly,
And tell how large his bounties are.
2
[He that can shake the worlds he made,
Or with his word, or with his rod,
His goodness how amazing great!
And what a condescending God.']
3
[God that must stoop to view the skies,
And bow to see v/hat angels do,
Down to our earth he casts his.eyes,
And bends his footsteps downward too.]
4
He over-rules all mortal things,
And manages our mean affairs ;
On humble souls the King of kings
Bestows his counsels and his cares.
5
Our sorrows and our tears we pour
Into the bosom of our God,
He hears us in the mournful hour,
And helps us bear the heavy load.
In vain might lofty princes try-
Such condescension to perform;
For worms were never rais'd so high
Above their meanest fellow-worm.
7
O could our thankful hearts devise
A tribute equal to thy grace,
To the third heaven our songs should rise,
And teach the golden harps thy praise.
28- Chard 175, Wells 102.
(Psalm 68. ver. 1—6,32—35. IstPart. L. M.)
The Vengeance and Compassion of God.
LET God arise in all his might,
And put the troops of hell to flight,.
As smoke that sought to cloud the skies
Before the rising tempest flies.
2
[He comes array'd in burning flames;
Justice and vengeance are his names:
Behold his fainting foes expire
Like melting wax before the fire.]
3
He rides and thunders thro' the sky ;
His name Jehovah sounds on high :
Sing to his name, ye sons of grace ;
Ye saints, rejoice before his face.
4
The widow and the fatherless
Fly to his aid in sharp distress:
In him the poor and helpless find
A judge that's just, a father kind.
5
He breaks the captive's heavy chain,
And prisoners see the light again;
But rebels, that dispute his will,
Shall dwell in chains and darkness still.
Chard 175. PAUSE. Wells 102.
Kingdoms and thrones to God belong;
Crown him, ye nations, in your song:
His wonderous names and powers rehearse ;
His honours shall enrich your verse.
7
He shakes the heavens with loud alarms;
How terrible is God in arms!
In Israel are his mercies known,
Israel is his peculiar throne.
8
Proclaim him king, pronounce him blest;
He's your defence, your joy, your rest:
When terrors rise and nations faint,
God is the strength of every saint.
29- Canterbury 199, Linden 180.
(Hymn 42. B. 1. CM.)
Divine Wrath and Mercy, Nahum i. 2. &c
ADORF. and tremble, for our God
Is a consuming lire*;
His jealous eyes his wrath inflame,
And raise his vengeance higher.
2
Almighty vengeance how it burns!
How bright his fury glows !
Vast magazines of plagues and storms
Lie tieasur'd for his foes.
* Heb. xii. 29.
30
ur ouu.
j 1 , yz
I
i.caps of wrath by slow degrees
Arc ton M into a Same,
But kindled, o how fierce they blaze!
And rend all Nature \ trame.
i
At his approach the mountains flee,
\i\d seek a watery gr.ne ,
The frighted m make* ha-te away,
Ami >hti:iks up evcr\ w.ive.
5
Thro' the wide air the weight
a itt as hail-stones huri'd :
J hat shakes the solid w.'.rld '
6
■ rhty God, thy sovereign grace
egent on the throne,
The refuse of thy chosen race
When wrath comes rushing down.
7
I shall on rebellious kings
a fiery tempest pour.
While we beneath thy sheltering wings
Thy just revenge adore.
;}(). ll,irbirr,„gh 142, fcY
(Psalm 103. ver. 8— 18. 2d Part. S.M.)
'. of God; or, Mtrcy in
the midst nfju<igm.->rt.
MY soul, repeat his praise
\\ hose mercies are so great ;
Whose anger is so slow to rise,
So ready to abate.
2
God will not always chide;
And when his strokes are felt,
His stiokes are fewer than our crimes,
And lighter than our guilt.
3
High as the heavens are rais'd
Above the ground we tread,
So far the riches of his grace
Our highest thoughts exceed.
4
His power subdues our sins;
And his forgiving I
Far as the east is from the west,
Doth all our guilt remove.
5
The pity of the Lord
To those that fear his name,
Is sui.h as tender parents feel ;
He knows our feeble frame.
(i
He knows we are but dust,
Scatter'd with every breath;
1' s anger, like a rising wind,
Can send us swift to death.
7
Our days are as the .
Or like the morning Son
If one sharp blast sweep o'er the field,
It withers in an hour.
But thy compassions. Lord,
To endless years cnduic ;
And children's children ever rind
Thy words of promise >uie.
31. Uherstm M\>, Portugal 97.
(Psalm 103. ver. 8— 18. 2d Part. L.M.)
Cod's gentle Chastisement ; or, his tender
to his People.
r r"*HE Lord, how wonderous are his ways |
JL How inm hi3 troth I how large his
9 liis mercy tor his throne,
And thence he makes his glories known.
■
Not half so high his power hath spread
The starry heavens above our head,
As his rich love exceeds our praise,
the highest hopes we raise.
3
Not half so far hath nature plac'd
The rising morning from the west,
As his forgiving grace removes
The daily guilt of those he loves.
4
How slowly doth his wrath arise!
fter wings salvation (lies;
And if he lets his anger burn,
How soon his frowns to pity turn .'
Amidst his wrath compassion shines ;
His strokes are lighter than our sins;
And while his rod corrects his saints,
His ear indulges their complaints.
6
So fathers their young sons chastise,
With gentle hand and melting eyes ;
The children weep beneath the smart,
And move the pity of their heart.
PA I
The mighty God, the wise, and just,
Knows i hat our frame is feeble dust;
And will no heavy loads impose
Beyond the strength that he bestows.
8
He knows how soon our nature dies,
Blasted by every wind that dies;
Like grass we spring, and die as soon,
Or morning flowers that fade at noon.
f
But his eternal love is sure
To all the saints, and shall endure :
From age to age his truth shall reign,
Nor children's children hope in vain.
32- Milbourn Port 18.1, Arlington 17,
Elim 151.
(P.alm 145. ver. 14, 17, &c. 3d Part. CM.)
HtTCf to Sujfer<r$ ;or, God hearing Prayer.
LET every tongue thy goodness speak,
Thou sovereign Lord of all;
Thy strengthening hands uphold the weak,
And rai-e the poor that fall.
•2
When sorrow bows the spirit down,
Or virtue lies distrest
Beneath some proud oppressor's frown.
Thou giv'st the mourners rest.
3
The Lord supports our tottering days,
And guides our giddy youth;
Holy and just are all hi-
And a.l his words are truth.
S3, 3*
PERFECTIONS
35, 36
He knows the pains his servants feel,
He hears his children cry,
And their best wishes to fulfil
His grace is ever nigh.
5
His mercy never shall remove
From men of heart sincere ;
He saves the souls whose humble love
Is join'd with holy fear.
' 6
[His stubborn foes his sword shall slay,
And pierce their hearts with pain ;
But none that serve the Lord shall say,
' They sought his aid in vain.']
7
[My lips shall dwell upon his praise,
Ana spread his fame abroad;
Let all the sons of Adam raise
The honours of their God.]
33. Bangor 231, WalsalZJl, Wantage 204.
(Psalm 142. CM.)
God is the Hope of the Helpless.
I^O God I made my sorrows known,
From God I sought relief;
In long complaints before his throne
I pour'd out all my grief.
My soul was overwhelm'd with woes,
My heart began to break ;
My God, who all my burdens knows,
He knows the wav I take.
'3
On every side I cast mine eye,
And found my helpers gone,
While friends and strangers pass'd me by
Neglected or unknown.
4
Then did I raise a louder cry',
And caird thy mercy near,
' Thou art my portion when I die,
' Be thou my refuge here.'
5
Lord, I am brought exceeding low,
Now let thine ear attend,
And make my foes who vex me know
I've an almighty Friend.
6
From my sad prison set me free,
Then shall I praise thy name,
And holy men shall join with me
Thy kindness to proclaim.
34. Devizes 14, Milbmm Port 183, Mir
chaets 119.
(Psalm 89. 1st Part. CM.)
The Fai'hfubirss of God.
MY never-ceasing songs shall show
The mercies of the Lord,
And make succeeding ages know
How faithful is his word.
3
The sacred truths his lips pronounce
Shall firm as heaven endure;
And if he speak a promise once,
Th' eternal grace is sure.
How long the race of David held
The promis'd Jewish throne!
But there's a nobler covenant seal'd
To David's greater Son.
4
His seed for ever shall possess
A throne above the skies;
The meanest subject of his grace
Shall to that glory rise.
5
Lord God of hosts, thy wonderous way;:
Are sung by saints above ;
And saints on earth their honours raise
To thine unchanging love.
35. Chard 175, Marke 6.% Eramcoate 8.
(Psalm 146. LM.)
Praise to Cod far his Goodness and Truth.
PRAISE ye the Lord, my heart shall join
In work so pleasant, so divine,
Now, while the flesh is mine abode,
And when my soul ascends to God.
2
Praise shall employ my noblest powers,
While immortality endures;
My days of praise shall ne'er be past,
While life and thought and being last.
3
Why should I make a man my trust?
Princes must die and turn to dust ;
Their breath departs, their pomp and power
And thoughts, all vanish in an hour.
4
Happy the man whose hopes rely
On Israel's God: he made the sky,
And earth and seas with all their train,
And none shall fiad his promise vain.
S
His truth for ever stands secure ;
He saves th' opprest, he feeds the poor;
He sends the laboring conscience peace,
And giants the prisoner sweet release.
6
The Lord hath eyes to give the blind;
The Lord supports the sinking mind;
He helps the stranger in distress,
The widow and the fatherless.
7
He loves his saints, he knows them well,
But turns the wicked down to hell:
Thy God, O Zion, ever reigns;
Praise him in everlasting strains.
36. Uewcourt 173, Jennings's 123, Martha-
Lane 67.
(Psalm 146. As the 113 Psalm.)
Pr.:ise to God for his Goodness and Truth.
I'LL praise my Maker with my breath;
And when my voice is lost in death
Praise shall einplov my nobler power*:
My davs of praise shall ne'er be pa>t
While life and thought and being last,
Or immortality endures.
O I , JJ>
vj r uuu,
Why should I make a nun mj
must die jikI turn ti> dust ,
Vain is the In-: i blood :
Tln-ir bread) departs, their pomp and power,
And thoughts all vanish hi an hour,
in tiny make their promise good.
3
Happy the nun wham, hopes rely
On Israeli God: be made th
And earth and teal with all their (rain;
.:. Is secure;
IU- saves tir oppress, be feeds the poor,
And none shall find his promise vain.
• hath eyes to give the blind;
The Lord supports the sinking mind;
He sends the laboring conscience peace:
He helps the strangei in di
The widow and the fad
And giant* the prisonei sweet release.
.s
He loves his >aint- ; be knows them well,
But turns the wi< ked (it wn to hell;
Thy God, o /ion, ever reigns:
Let every tongue, lei ever]
lalted work eo
I him m everlasting strains.
6
I'll praise him while he lends me breath,
And when my voice is lost in death
shall employ my nobler powers:
ol praise shall ne'ei be past
While lite and thought and being last,
Or immortality endures.
I, BathCkapel '26, Great Mil-
ton 21*
(Psalm 111. <Jd Part. CM.)
The Perfect inns of God.
GKK iT i- the Lord; hi- works of might
Demand our noblest tongSj
Lei lib a-sembled saints unite
1 heir harmony of tongues.
is the mercy of the Lord,
es his children food;
And ever mindful ol his word,
lie makes his promise good.
3
. the great Redeemer, < ame
l" seal his covenant sure:
Hub. and reverend is his name,
His ways are just and pure.
•1
The\ that would grow divinely wise
Must with bis tear begin;
Our taircst proof oi knowledge lies
In hating every sin.
38- Tunbridge 103, Bedford 91, London 180.
(Hymn 166. B. 2. CM.)
HOW shall 1 praise th' eternal God,
That infinite Unknown!
\S bo can ascend his high a!. ode,
Or venture near his throne'
real in\ isiblel He dwells
( "ib i aid in dazzling light ;
all searching eye le^eals
^ retl ol the night.
3
rhose wat< hful eyes thai never sleep
Survey the world around]
lb- .vi v i. tui i a i oundlesi deep
W lure all our thoughts are urown'd.]
V
we ol strength! His arm is strong
l o ave oi to destroy i
• an bis life prolong,
And endless is his joy. J
5
i He knows no shadow of a change,
' <"s;
' his tiuth remains
..ird Ins promises. )
(»
before his presence die;
I low holy i- In- name I
lb- anger and his jealousy
Bum like devouring liame.]
7
upon a dreadful throne
Maintains the rights of God;
While men;, -enu- hei paidonsdown
Bought wnh a Saviour's blood.
8
Now to my soul, immortal King,
mg Word ;
Then 'twill be doul le |oy to sing
lories of my Lord.
39- ' • (hard 175.
(Hymn 167. B. 2. L. M.)
The Divine Perfection'.
GREAT God, thy glories shall employ
v.y hoi> fear, my humble
My lips in songs of honour bring
Their tribute to th' eternal King.
S
r Earth and the stars and worlds unknown
i his throne;
All nature bangs upon bis wind.
And grace and glory own their Lord.]
3
in- sovereign power what mortal
mmarid who d
With strength he giiu- himsen aroun t,
And Heads the rebels to the gruund.]
4
[Who shall pretend to teach bun sWll'
Or guide the Cl UOStls ot his will?
His wisdom like a sea divine
Flows deep and high beyond our line.]
His name is holy, and his eye
with immortal jealousy ;
He bates the si n- ot pride, and -heds
His fiery vengeance i ti then beads. .
o
[The beamings of his piercing sight
liring daik hypocrisy to light;
Death and destruction naked he,
And hell uncovcr'd to his t
47
PERFECTIONS
48, 49
Rut the vain idols they adore
Art senseless shapes of stone and wood;
At best a mass of glittering ore,
A silver saint, or golden god.
5
[With eyes and ears they carve their head,
Deaf are their cars, their eyes are blind;
In vain are costly offerings made,
And vows are scatter'd in the wind.
6
Their feet were never made to move,
Nor hands to save when mortals pray;
Moi tals that pay them fear or love
Seem to be blind and deaf as they.
7
O Israel, make the Lord thy hope,
Thy help, thy refuge, and thy rest ;
The Lord shall build thy ruins up,
And bless the people and the priest.
8
The dead no more can speak thy praise,
They dwell in silence and the grave;
But we shall live to sing thy grace,
And tell the world thy power to ^ave.
47- Oxford 177, Irish 171, Providence
College 10.
(Psalm 135. CM.)
Praise due to God, not to Idols.
AWAKE, ye saints; to praise your King,
Your sweetest passions raise,
Your pious pleasure, while you sing,
Increasing with the praise.
2
Great is the Lord ; and works unknown
Are his divine employ ;
But still his saints are near his dirone,
His treasure and his joy.
3
Heaven, earth, and sea, confess his hand;
He bids the vapours rise ;
Lightning and storm at his command
Sweep thro' the sounding skies.
All power, that gods or kings have claim'd
h found with him alone;
But heathen gods should ne'er be nam'd
Where our Jehovah's known.
5
Which of the stocks or stones they trust
Can give them showers of rain?
In vain they worship glittering dust,
And pray to gold in vain.
6
[Their gods have tongues that cannot talk,
Such as their makers gave:
Their feet were ne'er design'd to walk,
Nor hands have power to save.
7
Blind are their eyes, their ears are deaf,
Nor hear when mortals pray ;
Mortals, that wait for their relief,
Are blind and deaf as they.]
8
O Britain know thy living God,
Serve him with faith and fear;
He makes thy churches his abode,
And claims thine honours there.
48- Stockport 47, Enfield 5, Elim 151.
(Psalm 103. ver. 19—22. 3d Part. S.M.)
God's universal Dominion ; or, Angeis
praise the Lord.
THE Lord, the sovereign King,
Hath fix'd his throne on high ;
O'er all the heavenly world lie rule.-,
And all beneath the sky.
2
Ye angels, great in might,
And swift to do his will,
Bless ye the Lord, whose voice ye hear,
V\ hose pleasure ve fulfil.
3
Let the bright hosts who wait
The orders of their King,
And guard his churches when thev pray,
Join in the praise thev sing.
4
While all his wonderous works,
Thro' his vast kingdom shew
Their Maker's glory, thou, my soul,
Shalt sing his graces too.
49- Old Hundred 100, Wareham 117.
(Hymn 27. B.2. L.M.)
Pi aiseyt him, all his Angels, Ps. cxlviii. 2.
GOD : the eternal awful name
That the whole heavenly army fears,
That shaken the wide creation's frame,
And Satan trembles when he hears.
2
Like flames of fire his servants are,
And light surrounds his dwelling-place;
But, O ye fiery flames, declare
The brighter glories of his face.
3
Tis not for such poor worms as we
To speak so infinite a thing,
But your immortal eyes survey
The beauties of your sovereign King.
4
Tell how he shews his smiling face,
And clothes all heaven in bright array ;
Triumph and joy run thro' the place,'
And songs eternal as the day.
5
Speak, (for you feel his burning love)
What zeal it spreads thro* all your frame :
That sacred fire dwells all above,
For we on earth have lost the name.
6
[Sing of his power and justice too,
That infinite right hand of his
That vanquished Satan and his crew,
And thunder drove them down from bliss.]
7
[What mighty storms of poison'd darts
Were hurl'd upon the rebels there!
What deadly javelins nail'd their hearts
Tast to the racks of long despair:]
S
[Shout to your King, you heavenly host,
You that beheld the sinking foe;
Firmly ye stood when they were lost ;
Praise the rich grace that kept you so.]
OF GOD.
52
And while you sound 1
able mortals !>>
50- M
(Pnto86. **er. B— 13. CM.)
i, ./.
AM< >NG the i ini es, • artl I
■s none lulh power divine j
.v i i. their nature, d
thine.
thou ha-t made shall luing
Their offering! round thy throne ;
:oUS tilings,
For thou an God alone.
3
Lord, 1 would walk with holy feel ,
. EM (bine hcavonh a
And my poor scaltei'd thoughts unite
In c,od ni\ Father's praise.
4
Groat is thy mercy, and my tongue
.shall those sweet wonders tell,
How by thj grace my uniting soul
■ from the deeps of hell.
51. Ttvtrttm 109, bid 171, Si imford9.
(Hymn 71. B.2. C. M.
r/l Creatures.
Till Maker, God,
. e shall ling,
. the nations to
Their Former and their King.
Twas In- rirht hand that shap'd our clay,
And wrought this human name,
But from his own immediate breath
Our nobler spirit;, came.
3
We bring our mortal powers to God,
And worship with our ton
\\ e I lann some kindred with the skies
And join th' angelic songs.
every shape,
• every wing,
' trees, and tire-, an I
Their various tribute bring.
5
Ye planets, to his honour shine,
And wheels ot nature roll,
Praise him in your unwearied course
Around the steady pole.
6
The brightness of our Maker's name
The wide creation Kb,
And lu> unbounded grandeur flies
Beyond the heavenly hills.
52. Ktm
v 144.
(Psilin MS. P.M.)
. Crt ituia.
YE tribt-s of Adam, loin
\\ ith heaven, ant! eaith, and seas.
And otter notes divine
J o your Creator's pra
Ye I
i the song.
m that rule- il
Shine to your M
\\ ith stai
ods on high.
in I > louds that fly
In en.;,
3
The shining worlds
In gloi and,
or in •
li\ his supreme command :
He spake the
And all tluir frame
From nothing < ame
1 o praise the Lord.
4
He mov'd their mighty wheels
In unknov
And each bis word fulfils
\S bile time and nature last :
in different ways
His works proclaim
His wonderous name,
And speak his praise.
timl9. PAUSE. Qrtm 105.
Let all the earth-born rare,
And monsters ot the deep.
The fish thai cleave tl
Or in their bosom sleep,
i and shore
Their tribute pay,
Anl still display
Their Makers power.
6
Ye vapours, hail, and
Praise ye th' all
And stormy winoj that blow
ire his word :
\\ hen lightnings shine,
or thunders roar,
Let earth adore
His hand divine.
7
Ye mountains near the skies,
With lotty cedars there,
And tree- ot humbler size
.it in plenty bear;
I and lame,
In various forms
Es.vlt his name.
8
Ye kinfs, and judges, fear
The 1
And while you rule U
His heavenly honoui
Nor let the dream
Of power and state
Make yon II
■• er supreme.
C i
PERFECTIONS
54
Virgins, and vouths, engage
ro ;ound his praise divine.
While infancy and age
rlf eir fcebltr voices join:
Wide as he rtigns
His name be sung
By every tongue
In endless strain.-.
10
Let all the nations fear
The God that ruies above ;
He b rings his people near,
And makes them taste his love :
While earth and sky
Attempt his praise,
Hi-, saints shall raise
His honours high.
53- Gloucester 12. Wells 102, Green's Hun-
died 89.
(Psalm 14S. Paraphrased. L.M.)
Universal Prai.e to God.
IOUD hallelujahs to the Lord, [dwell :
j From distant worlds where creatures
Let heaven begin the solemn word
And sound it dreadful down to hell.
Suic, This ps.ilni may it w% tc the tune of the oil
i V2ih cr Yl'iir. f salm, if then tuo lines be addti tc
eu ry stanza, namely,
Each of his works his name displays,
but they can ne'er fulfil the praise
The Lord ! how absolute he reigns !
Let ev'ry angel bend the knee ;
Sing of his. love in heavenly strains,
And speak how fierce his terrors be.
3
High on a throne his glories dwell,
An awful throne of shining bliss:
Fly thro' the world, O sun, and tell
How dark thy beams compar'd to his.
4
Awake, ye tempests, and his fame
In sounds of dreadful praise declare ;
And the sweet whisper of his name
Fill every gentler breeze of air.
5
Let clouds, and winds, and waves agree
To join their praise with blazing fire;
Let the firm earth, and rolling sea,
In this eternal song conspire.
6
Ye flowery plains, proclaim his skill ;
Valleys, lie low before his eye ;
And let his praise from every hill
Rise tuneful to the neighbouring sky.
7
Ye stubborn oaks, and stately pines,
Bend your high branches and adore :
Praise him, ye beasts, in different strains ;
The lamb must bleat, the lion roar.
B'rds, ye must make his praise vour theme,
Nature demands a song from you;
While the dumb fish that cut the stream
Leap up, and mean his praises too.
9
Mortals, can you refrain your tongue,
When nature all around you sings >
O for a shout from old and voung,
From humble swains, and loftv kings!
10
Wide as his vast dominion lies
Make the Creator's name be known ;
Loud as his thunder shout his praise,
And sound it lofty as his throne.
11
Jehovah ! 'tis a glorious word,
O may it dwell on every tongue !
But saints who best have known the Lord
Are bound to raise the noblest song.
IS
Speak of the wonders of that love
Which Gabriel plays on every chord :
From all below and all above,
Loud hallelujahs to the Lord !
54- Finsbury 15.5, Mansfield 154, Falcon
Stieet 209.
(Psalm 143. S.M.)
Universal Praise.
LET every creature join
To praise th' eternal God ;
Ye heavenly hosts, the song begin,
And sound his name abroad.
2
Thou sun with golden beams,
And moon with paler rays,
Ye starry lights, ye twinkling flames,
Shine to your Maker's praise.
3
He built those worlds above,
And fix'd their wondereus frame;
By his command they stand or move,
And ever speak his name.
4
Ye vapours, when ye rise,
Or fall in showers, or snow,
Ye thunders murm'ring round the skies
His power and glory show.
5
Wind, hail, and flashing fire,
Agree to praise the Lord,
When ye in dreadful storms conspire
To execute his word.
6
By all his works above
His honours be exprest;
But saints that taste his saving love
Should sing his praises best.
Finsbury 155. PAUSE I. Manfield 154.
Let earth and ocean know
They owe their Maker praise;
Praise him, ye watery worlds below,
And monsters of the seas.
8
From mountains near the sky
Let his high praise re-ound,
From humble shrubs and cedars high,
And vales and fields around.
OF GOD.
!?ut graze,
'■
-i >e.
Dn !.
1 sing
Your M there.
II
. linn thit dre^s'd )uu so.
IS
ihc earth-bor-;
Bui mob thai know tu^ heavenly grace
Should learn to pnkt him
nd,
r th' eternal -
.reign hand
Whence all vour honours spring.
14
rous youth engage
ring age,
try.
15
United zeal be sho
Hk w .:• rous fame to raise ;
the L'>rd: hu name alone
praise.
16
Let naturejoin wii!
ill pronounce him W
Iwell >o near hi
Should sing h- a
CREATION AM) PROVIDENCE.
vhti 14, C 7" -J 106.
H 147 F.'J. (
7VO WorU, Gen. L
11 7
J \ - : i the Creator-Lord :
K obedient eanh and skies
v ereign word.
■ the deep; the waters lay
■ i row n\i the land:
\\ the light ; the new-born day
Attends on hi? command.
3
He bid the clouds ascend on high ;
The doudi a»cend and bear
A watery treasure to the iky,
And float on softer air.
•
The liquid element b
■•her rlow, •
erbs and pla-
The naked globe he crow
Lre there was rain to ble?; the eanh,
Or sun to warm the ground.
6
Then he aJorn'd the upper A
Behold the sun tpp
The moon and stan in order rise.
To make our months and
Out of the deep th' almighty King
Did vital beings frame,
The painted fowls of every wing,
And rish of every name. J
He gave the lion and the worm
At on leroos birth,
various form
Ro^e from die teeming earth.
9
■ equal day,
; for nobler end- than they,
W ith God's own image bh
M
Tins glorious in the Maker's eye
-tood;
Hi- aw the building from on high,
Hi* word pronoune'd it good.
11
Lord, while the frame of nature standi,
raise shall frll my tongue;
But the new world of gra^_
A more exalted song.
j t). He. >••• 9G3, Report's 188, Lime-
knot
(Psalm UP. 21 Tart. L. I
»*T*WAS flr»m tkq Kan 1. iny God, 1 came
A A I
In me thy fearful wonders shine,
And each proclaims thy skill divine.
Thine eyes did all my limbs survey,
Which yet in dark eonl
•v'st the daily growt
Form'd by die model ot thy book.
3
By thee my growing parts were nam'd.
.-ar.}
-
C J
57, j3
CREATION AND
59, GO
At last to shew my Maker's name,
God stamp'd his image on my frame,
And in some unknown moment join'd
The finish'd members to the mind.
5
There the young seeds of thought began
And all the passions of the man :
Great God, our infant nature pays
Immortal tribute to thv praise.
PAUSE.
Lord, since in my advancing age
I've acted on life's busy stage,
Thy thoughts of love to me surmount
The power of numbers to recount.
7
I cauld survey the ocean o'er,
And count each sand that makes the shore,
Before my swiftest thoughts could trace
The numerous wonders of thy grace.
8
These on my heart are still imprest,
With these I give my eyes to rest;
And at my waking hour 1 find
God and his love possess my mind.
57- Bedford 91, London 180, Anns 58.
(Psalm 139. 2d Part. CM.)
The Wisdom of God in the For/nation of Man.
WHEN I with pleasing wonder stand.
And all my frame survey,
Lord, 'tis thy work ; I own thy hand
Thus built my humble clay.
2
Thy hand my heart and reins possest
Where unborn nature grew,
Thy wisdom all my features trac'd,
And all my members drew.
3
Thine eye with nicest care survey'd
The growth of every part;
Till the whole scheme thy thoughts had laid
Was copied by thy art.
4
Heaven, earth, and sea, and fire, and wind,
Shew me thy wonderous skill;
But 1 review myself, and find
Diviner wonders still.
5
1 hy awful glories round me shine,
My fle>h proclaims thy praise ;
Lorn, to thy works of nature join
Thy miracles of grace.
58- Milboum Port 183, Irish 171, Elim 151.
(Psalm 111. 1st Part. CM.)
Tie Wisdom of God in his Works.
SONGS of immortal praise belong
To my almighty God;
He has my heart, and he my tongue
To spread his name abroad.
2
How great the works his hand has wrought
How glorious in our sight !
j\nd men m every age have sought
i Its wonders with dt light
How most exact is nature's frame !
How wise th' Eternal Mind!
His counsels never change the scheme
That his first thoughts design'd.
4
When he redeem'd his chosen sons
He fix'd his covenant sure :
The orders that his lips pronounce
To endless years endure.
5
Nature and time, and earth and skies,
Thy heavenly skill proclaim:
What shall we do to make us wise,
But learn to read thy name?
6
To fear thy power, to trust thy grace
Is our divinest skill;
And he's the wisest of our race
That best obeys thy will.
59- Old Hundred 100, Denbigh 54, Is-
lington 40.
(Psalm 100. First M. A plain Translation.)
Praise to our Creator.
YE nations round the eardr, rejoice
Before the Lord, your sovereign King;
Serve him with cheerful heart and voice,
With all your tongues his glory sing.
2
The Lord is God ; 'tis he alone
Doth life, and breath, and being give :
We are his work, and not our own,
The sheep that on his pastures live.
Enter his gates with songs of joy,
With praises to his courts repair,
And make it your divine employ
To pay your thanks and honours there.
4
The Lord is good, the Lord is kind ;
Great is his grace, his mercy sure;
And the whole race of man shall find
His truth from age to age endure.
60- Chard 175, Green's Hundreds, Den-
mark ("omitting 1st verse J 87.
(Psalm 100. 2d M. A Paraphrase.)
SING to the Lord with joyful voice;
Let every land his name adore ;
The British isles shall send the noise
Across the ocean to the shore.
Nations, attend before his throne
With solemn fear, widi sacred joy;
Know that the Lord is God alone ;
He can create, and he destroy.
3
His sovereign power without our aid
Made us of clay, and form'd us men ;
And when like wandering sheep we stray'd,
He brought us to his fold again.
4
We are his people, we his care,
Our souls and all our mortal frame:
What lasting honours shall we rear,
Almighty Maker, to thy name >
61, 62
PROVIDENCE.
63, 64
w ill) thankful songs,
he heavens oui voioei raise j
irth wiili her ten thousand tooguci
Shall fill thy courts with sounding pa
t<
Wide at the world i> ihy command,
\ art a> eternity ihy love,
turn a> a rock thy truih must stand
When rolling yean slull oea«e to move.
61. /' •<>, MM/ 9401
(Pcalmas. 1st Part. CM.]
. dtmct.
REJOICE, jre righteous, in the Lord,
flu- work belongs to you:
Sin,' ot ln> name, his ways, im word,
How holy, just, and ttue!
•J
Ha mercy and his righteousness
Let heaven and earth proclaim ;
..it ure and of grace
Reveal his wonderoul name.
lorn and almighty word
1 he beavenlj a: hea tpread ;
And by the Spirit of ihe Lord
1'heir ihintn^' hosts weie made.
4
He bid the liquid water, fU.w
To their appointed deep,
ring sew their limits know,
And their own station keej
earth,
\\ ith tear i ind ,
H ■ • : ■ .: birth,
'•.;, command.
6
their Nam tk
And in full glory shines.
i I . v i vrt 1" '.
(Psalm 33. As the HJth Psalm. 1st Part.)
YE holv muk, in God rejoice, [voice ;
'laker's praise bei i
.; theme, your tongs be new :
:.•> name, his word, hi
. itme and ot
How a just and true!
Justice and truth he ever li
And the whole earti. proves,
Hi) word the heavenly arches s) :
How wide they mine from north to south!
And by the Spin: of his mouth
Were all the starry armies made.
' J
He gathers the wide-flowin
Those watery treasures know their place,
In the vast storehouse of the deep:
He sp I v- all nature birth;
And tires »nd se is, and licaven, and earth,
His everlasting orders keep.
Let mortals tremble j»d idore
■ i such reaistleu power,
lare indulge their feeble ra
Vain aie your thoughts, and 9
But his eternal counsel stall.!-,
And rules the world troin age to .
63- M
[Psalm Mi. L.M.)
Divine Protection.
UP to the hills 1 lift mine ej
Th' eternal hills beyond the skies:
Thence all her help nn soul derive,;
There my Almighty refuge lives.
2
. the everlasting God,
That built the world, that spread the flood ;
The heavens with all their hosts be made,
And the dark regions of the dead.
3
He guides; our feet, he guards our way;
His morning smiles bless all the day;
He spreads the evening-veil, and keeps
The silent hours while Israel sleeps.
4
Israel, a name divinely blest,
May rbe secure) securelj rest ;
Thy holy guardian1! wakeful eyes
.\dm:t no slumber nor surprise.
5
No sun shall smite thy head by dav,
Nor the pak moon wish sickly ray-
Shall blast thy couch; no baleful star
Dart hit malignant are so far.
6
Should earth and heil with malice burfi,
u shall go and still return
Sate in the Lord; his heavenly care
Detends thy life from every snare.
On thee foul spirits have no power ;
And in thy last d< parting hour
. that trace the airy road,
Shall bear thee homeward to thy God.
ti ! . Freom
(P aim Ml. CM.)
TO heaven I lift my waiting
There all my hopes are laid :
The Lord that built the earth and
li my (x-ipetual aid.
<j
Their feet shall never slide to fall,
Whom he designs to keep;
His ear attends the sort*
His eyes i an in. set sleep.
He will sustain our weakest power.
With his almighty arm,
And wat^h our most unguarded hi
Against sui prising harm.
65, 66
CREATION AND
67, 63
Israel, rejoice and rest secure,
Thy keeper is the Lord ;
His wakeful eyes employ his power
For thine eternal guard.
5
Nor scorching sun, nor sickly moon
Shall have his leave to smite;
He shields thy head from burning noon,
From blasting damps at night.
6
He guards thy soul, he keeps thy breath
Where thickest dangers come ;
Go and return, secure from death,
Till God commands thee home.
65. Darwells 82; Resurrection 72,
Swithins 44.
(Psalm 121. As the 143th Psalm.)
God our Preserver.
UPWARD I lift mine eyes,
From God is all my aid ;
The God that built the skies,
And earth and nature made :
God is the tower
To which I fly;
His grace is nigh
In every hour.
2
My feet shall never slide
And fall in fatal snares,
Since God, my guard and guide,
Defends me from my fears :
Those wakeful eyes
That never sleep
Shall Israel keep
When dangers rise.
3
No burning heats by day,
Nor blasts of evening air,
Shall take my health away,
If God be with me there :
Thou art my sun,
And thou my shade,
To guard my head
By night or noon.
4
Hast thou not given thy word
To save my soul from death i
And I can trust my Lord
To keep my mortal breath :
I'll go and come,
Nor fear to die,
Till from on high
Thou call me home.
66- Tunbridge 103, Abridge Q.O\,Undon 130.
(Hymn 19. B.2. CM)
Our frail Bodies, and God our Preserver.
LET others boast how strong they be,
Nor death, nor danger fear;
But we'll confess, O Lord, to thee,
What feeble things we are.
2
Fresh as the grass ou, bodies stand,
And flourish bright and gay,
A blasting wind sweeps o'er the land,
And fades the grass away.
Our life contains a thousand springs,
And dies if one be gone;
Strange ! that a harp of thousand strings
Should keep in tune so long.
4
But 'tis our God supports our frame,
The God that built us first;
Salvation to th' Almighty Name
That rear'd us from the dust.
5
[He spoke, and straight our hearts and brains
In all their motions rose ;
Let blood (said he) flow round the veins ,
And round the veins it flows.
6
While we have breath or use our tongues
Our Maker we'll adore ;
His Spirit moves our heaving lungs
Or they would breathe no more.]
67- Walsal 237, Ludlow 84, Burford 198.
(Hymn 83. B.l. CM.)
Afflictions and Death under Providence.
Job. v. 6—8.
NOT from the dust affliction grows,
Nor troubles rise by chance;
Yet we are born to care and woes,
A sad inheritance.
2
As sparks break out from burning coals,
And still are upwards borne,
So grief is rooted in our souls,
And man grows up to mourn.
3
Yet with my God I leave my cause,
And trust his promis'd grace;
He rules me by his well-known laws
Of love and righteousness.
4
Not all the pains that e'er I bore
Shall spoil my future peace,
For death and hell can do no more
Than what my Father please.
68- Wareham 117, Wells 102.
(Psalm 65. ver. 5—13. 2d Part. L. M.)
Divine Providence in Air, Earth, and Sea y
or, the God of Nature and Grace.
THE God of our salvation hears
The groans of Sion mix'd with tears;
Yet when he comes with kind designs,
Thro' all the way his terror shines.
2
On him the race of man depends,
Far as the earth's remotest ends,
Where the Creator's name is known
By nature's feeble light alone.
3
Sailors, that travel o'er the flood,
Address their frighted souls to God;
When tempests rage and billows roar
At dreadful distance from the shore.
4
He bids the noisy tempest? cease ;
He calms the raging crowd to peace,
When a tumultuous nation raves
Wild as the winds, and loud as waves.
69
PttOVIDKNCE.
0, 7 1
w hole kingdoms shaken by the <-?orni
Mountains established l>v his hand
l inn on their old foundation! stand.
6
Bt-hoUi hi- ensigns sweep i;.
blase and light'nmga t!y,
U | rise,
the bright horrors turn theii
7
ommand the m >ming ray
Smiles in die east, and leads the day;
rt declining wheels
item bins.
8
1 .v Ins voice;
The evening and the morn rejoice
the earth made soft with showers,
La Jen with fruit and drcst in dowers.
9
Ti> front his watery stores on high,
(round supply ;
i Iks upon the clouds, and thence
Doth bis enriching drops dispense.
it)
The desert grows a fruitful field,
Abundant rood the Tallies yield ;
'J he rallies shout with cheerful voice,
And neighb'ring bills repeat their joys,
it
, The pastures smile in green array,
1 There lambs and larger cattle play ;
The larger cattle and the lamb
thy name.
19
Thy wjrks pronounce thy power divine;
i thy glories shine;
Thro' every month thy gifts appear;
Great God! lii twns the year.
69- CkanirjSj Harts65,Bramaat4 8.
I m 107. Ufa Part. L. M.)
■at S: ni m ,!>i J. Shipwreck ; or}
WOULD you behold the works ofGod,
His wooden in the world abroad,
th the m uiners, and tra< e
ukaown regions of the -ea-.
They leave their native shores behind,
- e the favour of the wind,
Till God command, and tempests i
That heave the ocean to the skies.
3
Now t.i the heaven- they mount amain,
deepi again ;
.:,ange affrigti - feel,
ng drunkaid reel!
I
Ifhen land i- far, and death is nigh.
Lost to all hope, t > God the
Mi- mercy hears the loud a Idress,
And sends satiation in distress.
He bills the winds their wrath assuage,
. waves forget their ra .
en where the> wish'd to be.
O may the son- of men i
The won i! • Lord!
Let them then private offerings bring,
And m the church his glon -
70- Excei 4. Camhrh/g* Ncwl\i Pioxi-
■ 10.
(Psalm 107. 4th Part. CM.)
/' ,ilm.
THY work! ot glory, mighty Lord,
Thy wonders m the deeps,
urage shall iccoid,
V\ ho trade in floating ships.
I
At thy command the wind- anv,
Aim swell the tow'iing wave-,
The men astonish'd mount the skies,
,:aves.
[Again they climb the watery bills,
And plunge In deeps asjain ;
Each like a tottering diunkard reels,
And liniis his courage vain.
4
Frighted to hear the tempest roar,
They pant With fluttering breath,
And, hopeless of the distant shore,
Expect immediate death.]
Then to the Lord they raise their cries,
He hears the loud request,
And orders silence thro' the skies,
A nd lays the floods to rest.
6
Sailors rejoice to lose their fears,
And see the storm allay 'd :
Now to their eyes the port appears ;
There let their vow* be paid.
7
Tis God that brings thein safe to land ;
Let stupid mortals know
under hiscommand,
And all the winds that blow.
8
O that the sons of men would praise
The goodnevs of the Lord •
And those that see tin wond'rous ■
Thy wonderous love record.
7 1- Uppon't 1SR, Lib i' «79, King >>iicfge$&.
'Hymn !09. B.2. L. M.)
The Darbu I of Providence.
LORD, we adore thy vast designs,
j The obscure abyss of providence,
Too deep to SO«nd with mortal line-,
TOO dark to view with teeble sense.
Now thou arrayst thine awful fare
In angry Mown-, without a -mile;
We through the cloud believe thy grarc,
Secure of thy compassion still.
3
Through seas and storms of deep distress
\\ e -ail by faith and not by sight;
Faith guides us in the wildec
Through all the briars and the night.
72, 73
CREATION AND
74
Dear Father, if thy lifted rod
Resolve to scourge us here below,
Still we must lean upon our God,
Thine arm shall bear us safely through.
72- Harborough 142, Brodcrips 252,
Wkhtwwtk 11$.
(Psalm 73. S.M.)
The Mystery of Providence unfolded.
SURE there's a righteous God,
N or is religion vain,
Tho' men of vice may boast aloud,
And men of grace complain.
2
I saw the wicked rise,
And felt my heart repine,
While haughty fools with scornful eyes
In robes ef honour shine.
3
[Pamper'd with wanton ease,
Their flesh looks full and fair,
Their wealth rolls in like flowing seas
And grows without their care.
4
Free from the plagues and pains
That pious souls endure,
Thro' all their life oppression reigns
And racks the humble poor.
5
Their impious tongues blaspheme
The everlasting God ;
Their malice blasts the good man's name,
And spreads their lies abroad.
6
But I with flowing tears
Indulg'd my doubts to rise ;
* Is there a God that sees or hears
1 The things below the skies?']
7
The tumults of my thought
Held me in hard suspense,
Till to thy house my feet were brought
To learn thy justice thence.
8
Thy word with light and power
Did my mistakes amend ;
I view'd the sinners life before,
But here 1 learnt their end.
9
On what a slippery steep
The thoughtless wretches go;
And O that dreadful fiery deep
That waits their fall below.
10
Lord, at thy feet I bow,
My thoughts no more repine ;
I call my God my portion now,
And all my powers are thine.
73- Worksop 31, Bright 07i 208.
(Psalm 73. 1st Part. CM.)
Affiicted Saints happy, and prosperous Sin-
ners cursed.
NOW I'm convirc'd the Lord is kind
To men of heart sincere,
Yet once my foolish thoughts rcpin'd
And border'd on de.-patr.
I griev'd to see the wicked thrive,
And spoke with angry breath,
' How pleasant and profane they live!
1 How peaceful is their death !
3
1 With well-fed flesh and haughty eyes
' They lay their fears to sleep;
' Against the heavens their slanders rise,
' While saints in silence weep.
4
' In vain 1 lift my hands to pray,
' And cleanse my heart in vain,
' For I am chasten'd all the day,
' The night renews my pain.'
9
Yet while my tongue indulg'd complaints,
I felt my heart reprove ;
' Sure 1 shall thus offend thy saints,
' And gneve the men 1 love.'
6
But still I found my doubts too hard,
The conflict too severe,
Till I retir'd to search thy word,
And learn thy secrets there.
7
There, as in some prophetic glass,
I saw the sinner's feet
High mounted on a slippery place,
Beside a fiery pit.
8
I heard the wretch profanely boast,
Till at thy frown he fell;
His honours in a dream were lost,
And he awakes in hell.
9
Lord, what an envious fool I was !
How like a thoughtless beast!
Thus to suspect thy promis'd grace,
And think the wicked blest.
10
Yet I was kept from full despair,
Upheld by power unknown;
That blessed hand that broke the snare
Shall guide me to thy throne.
74- Worksop 31, Bath Chapel 26.
(Psalm 9. ver. 12. 2d Part. CM.)
The Wisdom and Equity of Providence.
WHEN the great Judge, supreme and
Shall once inquire for blood, [just,
The humble souls, that mourn in dust,
Shall find a faithful God.
2
He from the dreadful gates of death
Does his own children raise :
In Zion's gates, with cheerful breath,
Thev sing their Father's praise.
3
His foes shall fall with heedless feet
Into the pit they made;
And sinners perish in the net
That their own hands had spread.
4
Thus by thy judgments, mighty God !
Are thy deep counsels known ;
When men of mischief are destroyed.
The snare must be their own.
l>
Uith Ckaptl 26. PA I SE. A>».
1 1,1 w icked ihall sink down io hell ;
rath devour the land,
I hit dare forget thee, or rebel
Against tli) known commands.
6
, Qti to tore distn ^ arc biuught,
: wait and long < omp
'I \ww k ria -hall not be till I
lull their hopes be vain.
7
.■a Redeemer, from try -cat
ltdge ami save the pOOl ;
Let nationi tremble at thy feet.
An I man prevail no nunc.
Thy thunder shall affright the proud,
irts to pain,
that thou art God,
And the) hut feeble men.]
7J. Wonhan 117, Ay/if* Strtet 941.
(Psalm 36, m.)
ctkms nmd Pravidemce of Gcd } or,
■ il Provid net rcce.
HK. II m the heavens, eternal God,
l'h> goodness in full glory shines;
ruth shall break thro* every cloud
That veils and darkens thy desi-ns.
'2
r tii in thy justice stands
tuntains their foundations k
the wonders ot thy hands;
Thy judgment;; are a mighty deep.
tin providence is kind and I
thy bounty share;
The whole creation is thy charge,
llut saints are thy peculiar i aie.
Il i'ow excellent thj grace,
■ all our hope and i omfotl -pi ingS I
ot Adam in distress
1 lj to the shadow of thy wings.
From the provisions of thy bo
We -hall be ted with rweet repast;
There mercy like a river lows.
And brings salvation to our taste.
intain rich and tree,
from the presence of the Lord;
And m th\ light our souls shall see
i ,n thy word.
To- Rn: fru.l/ 171, I ru't on 30, Gloucester 12.
(Psalm 117. 1st Part. L.M.)
The divine WUme, Prm-idr/ice and Grace.
P\\ USE \: the Lord; 'tis good t" raise
Our hearts and voices in his prai-c;
Ills nature and his works invite
To make this duty our delight.
<j
Ttie Lord builds up Jerusalem,
And gathers nations to his name:
Hi mercy melts the stubborn soul,
And makes the broken spirit whole.
PRO\ [DENCE.
77
:;
II • form ivenly flames,
lie counts their number-, calls then* name
Mil \ ast, and knows no bound,
A deep where all our thoughts are drownM.
1
•ui ' ord, in l great his might;
And all hi- glories minute:
l le crowns Die meek, rewards the just,
And treads the wicked to the dust.
I' A!
mii; to the Lord, exalt him high,
\\ bo spreads In- > load all round the sky ;
I here he prepares the fruitful rain,
Nor lets the drops descend in vain.
6
He makes the grass the hills adorn,
And clothes the smiling fields with corn;
The beasis with food his hands supply,
And the young ravens when they civ.
7
What is the creature's skill or force
ilv man. the warlike horse,
The nimble wit, the active limb?
All are too mean delights for him.
I
But s unts are lovely in his sight;
He view, his children with delight:
their hope, he knows their fear,
And looks and loves his image there.
77- Southampton 'J 27 , Rowles 73, Chard 17k
(Psalm 136 Abridged. L.M.)
.um, Vrtrjidmce, Re-
demption an i Salvation.
GIVE to DUI*God immortal praise;
Mercy and truth are all his w.i\- |
■ Wonders ot grace t<> God belong,
• Repeat his mercies in your song.'
'2
Give to the Lord of lords renown,
The King of kings with glory crown :
•Hi- mercies ever shall endure, [more.'
'When' lord, and kings are known 'no
3
He built the earth, he spread the sky,
And tix'd the starry lights on high:
• Wondeasoi grace to God belong,
' Repeat his mercies in yOUS •
4
He tills the sua with morning light,
He bids the moon duect die night:
• His mercies ever -hall endure, more.*
' When' suns and moons shall shine ' u >
The lews he freed from Pharaoh's hand,
Am 1 brought them to the promis'd land ;
' Wooden <>; grm e to God belong,
1 Kep<at his mercies in yom i
<>
He -aw the Gentiles dead in sin,
And felt his pity work within:
' Hi- mercies ever shall endure,
' w hen' death and sin -hall reign ' no more.*
7
He sent his Son with power to save
I n m juilt, and darkness, and the grave.
1 Wonders ot grace to God belong,
' Repeat his mercies in your song.'
S, 79
CREATION AND
80
Through this vaia world he guides our feet,
And leads us to his heavenly seat:
' His mercies ever shall endure,
' When' this vain world shall be 'no more.'
78- Chard 175, Wells 102.
(Psalm 68. v. 19, 9, 20-22. 3d Part. L. M.)
Praise for temporal Blessings ; or, common
and special Mercies.
WE bless the Lord, the just, the good,
Who fills our hearts with joy and food;
Who pours his blessings from the skies,
And loads our davs with rich supplies.
3
He sends the sun his circuit round
To cheer the fruits, to warm the ground;
He bids the clouds, with plenteous rain,
Refresh the tlursty earth again.
3
'Tis to his care we owe our breath,
And all our near escapes from death :
Safety and health to God belong ;
He heals the weak, and guards the strong.
4
He makes the saint and sinner prove
The common blessings of his love;
But the wide difference that remains
Is endless joy, or endless pains.
5
The Lord, that bruis'd the serpent's head,
On all the serpent's seed shall tread;
The stubborn sinner's hope confound,
And smite him with a lasting wound.
6
But his right hand his saints shall raise
From the deep earth or deeper seas ;
And bring them to his courts above,
There shall they taste his special love.
79. Wareham 117, Angels 60.
(Psalm 57. L.M.)
Praise for Protection, Grace and Truth.
MY God, in whom are all the springs
Of boundless love,and grace unknown,
Hide me beneath thy spreading wings
Till the dark cloud is overblown.
1
Up to the heavens 1 send my cry,
"I he Lord will my desires perform ;
He sends his angel from the sky.
And saves mefrom the threatening storm.
3
Be thou exalted, O my God,
Above the heavens where angels dwell ;
Thy power on earth be known abroad,
And land to land thv wonders tell.
4
My heart is fix'd ; my song shall raise
Immortal honours to thy name;
Awake, my tongue, to sound his praise,
Mv tongue, the gloiy of my frame.
s
High o'er the earth his mercy reigns,
And reaches to the utmost sky j
His truth to endless years remains,
When lower worlds dissolve and die.
Be thou exalted, 0 my God,
Above the heavens where angels dwell;
Tiiy power on earth be known abroad,
And land to land thy wonders teli.
80- Gloucester 12, Carey's U, Maris 65.
(Psalm 104. L.M.)
The Glory of God in Creation and Providence.
MY sou!, thy great Creator praise ;
When cloth'i in his celestial rays
He in full majesty appears,
And, like a robe, his glory wears.
Note, This psalm may be sunt to the tune of the old
With or 12 ~th psalm, by adding these two lines to
every stanza, n imely,
Great is the Lord ; what tongue can frame
An equal honour to his name?
Otherwise it must be sung as the 10DfA psalm.
The heavens are for his curtains spread,
Th' unfathom'd deep he makes his bed ;
Clouds are his chariot, when he flies
On winged storms across the skies.
3
Angels, whom his own breath inspires,
His ministers, are flaming fires ;
And swift as thought their armies move
To bear his vengeance, or his love.
4
The world's foundations by his hand
Are pois'd, and shall for ever stand;
He binds the ocean in his chain,
Lest it should drown the earth again.
5
When earth wascover'd with (he flood,
Which high above the mountains stood,
He thunder'd, and the ocean fled,
Confin'd to its appointed bed.
6
The swelling billows knowtheirbound,
And in their channels walk their round ;
Yet thence convey'd by secret veins,
They spring on hills and drench the plains.
7
He bids the crystal fountains flow,
And cheer the vallies as they go;
Tame heifers there their thirst allay,
And for the stream wild asses bray.
8
From pleasant trees which shade the brink,
The lark and linnet light to drink ;
Their songs the lark and linnet raise,
And chide our silence in his praise.
PAUSE I.
God, from his cloudy cistern, pours
On the parch'd earth enriching showers;
The grove, the garden, and the field
A thousand joyful blessings yield.
10
He makes the grassy food arise,
And gives the cattle large supplies ;
With herbs for man, of various power,
To nourish nature, or to cure.
11
What noble fruit the vines produce!
The olive yields a shining juice ;
Our heamare cheer'd with gen'rous wine,
VViih inward joy our faces shine.
si
]>R0Y1I)KN( IE.
is
W iili nature'- i In
w hile bread your vital strength impa
Berve him with vlgoui in yi in hearts.
I1 \l >! II.
Behold the stately cedai stai
RaisM m the forest I", his hands:
Birds to the bought for shelter tly,
And build their Rests secure on
14
And .it the airy mountain's fool
i he foeblei creatures make their cell ;
He gives them srisdom where todwelL
IS
He sets the sun DM circling race,
Appoints the moon to change her face;
And when thick darkness veils the da] ,
Calls out wild boasts to limit their prey.
ni
Pierce inns lead their young abroad,
And roaring BSh their meat from God J
But when the morning-beams an e,
The savage beast to i overt flies.
17
Then man to daily labour goes;
llu night was made for bh repose i
thy gift ; that IWCel ■
From tiresome toil and wasting grief.
1H
How strange thy work> ! how <jreat thy skill!
And even land thy riches fill:
Thj wisdom round the world «
ious >'arth i> full of thee.
19
ii | glories in
W here fish in millions swim and creep,
\\ ith wonderous motions, swift or slow,
Still wandering in the paths below.
There ships divide their watei ]
And Socks of >caly monsters play;
There dwells the huge Leviathan,
And foams and tp< n- in spite ol man.
PAUSE ill.
Vast are thy works, almighty I ord,
All nature rests upon tin wi
And the whole inds,
Waiting their portion fromth) hands.
While e.i> h receives bis different food,
pronounce it j
- ind worms,
Rejoice and praise in different
Bui wl irn,
And dj ing to their dust return ,
nan tod u-a-t their souls resign,
i
Yet thou canst breathe < a da I
And till the world with beasts and men,
a word ot thj ( reating breath
Repairs the wastes ol time and death.
Mis works, the WOB lers of his might,
Arehonour'd with his own d<
■.•ui are his glorious «
The Lord is dreadful in his praise.
The earth stands trembling at thy stroke,
And at thy touch the mount
Yet humble ouh maj see tl
And tell their wants t( :acc.
27
In thee my hopes and wishes meet,
,\n I mal ■• >•- 1 •
Thy praises shall my breath employ,
Till it expire in endless
While haughty sinners die accurst,
Their glory bury'd with their diiit,
1. to nr : .only Km;,
Immortal hallelujahs sing.
8 I . C. Milton 212, Gnvt 143, Ir*4 171.
(Psalm 78. 1st Part. CM.)
Providence of God > tcorded ; o» , pious Educa-
■
LET i hildren hear the might] deeds,
m'd ol old,
\\ huh in our youngei
■ lichour fathers told.
9
He bids us make his glories ki
Ills V.
An 1 we'll convey his wonders down
rising race.
;
Our lip-s
And they again to I
■• a :h thcra to their 1.
4
rhus shall the) learn in God alone
That they may ne'er forget his works,
bin prat use his commands :
THE FALL.
. E/aiborougk 170.
(Hymn 57. B. 1. (
Sin , or, tht fi t Adam.
Rom. v. 12. P>a. Ii. ... Job Mv. 4.
BACKWARD withhuml I
On our original ;
In our hist father's fall!
To all that's good averse and blind,
But prone" to all that* ill;
What dr< . ur min i :
How obstinate oUrwiUl
I
■
lniquif .
D
83, 84
THE FALL.
85
How strong in our degenerate blood
The old corruption reign,
And, mingling with the crooked flood,
\\ anders thro' all our veins !]
5
[Wild and unwholesome as the root
Will all the branches be;
How can we hope for living fruit
From such a deadly tree ?
6
What mortal power from things unclean
Can pure productions bring?
Who can command a vital stream
From an infected spring?]
7
Yet. mighty God, thy wonderous love
Can make our nature clean,
While Christ and grace prevail above
The tempter, death, and sin.
8
The second Adam shall restore
The ruins of the first,
Hosanna to that sovereign power
That new-creates our dust.
83- Ulverston 179, Pauls 246.
(Hymn 124. B. 1. L. M.)
The first and second Adam, Rom. v. 12, &c.
DEEP in the dust before thy throne
Our guilt and our disgrace we own;
Great God, we own th' unhappy name
Whence sprang our nature snd our shame ;
2
Adam, the sinner: At his fall,
Death like a conqu'ror seiz'd us all;
A thousand new-born babes are dead
By fatal union to their head.
But whilst our spirits fill'd with awe
Behold the terrors of thy law,
We sing the honours of thy grace,
That sent to save our ruin'd race.
4
We sing thine everlasting Son,
Whojoin'd our nature to his own;
Adam the second, from the dust
Raises the ruins of the first.
5
[By the rebellion of one man
Thro' all his seed the mischief ran ;
And by one man's obedience now
Are all his seed made righteous too.]
6
Where sin did reign, and death abound,
There have the sons of Adam found
Abounding life ; there glorious grace
Reigns thro' the Lord our righteousness.
84- Ulverston 179, Pauls 246, Babylon 23.
(Psalm 51. 2d Part. L. M.)
Original and actual Sin confessed.
LORD, I am vile, conceiv'd in sin ;
And born unholy and unclean ;
Sprung from the man'whose guilty fall
Corrupts the race, and taints us ail.
Soon as we draw our infant breath.
The seeds of sin grow up for death;
Thy law demands a perfect heart,
But we're defil'd in every part.
3
[Great God, create my heart anew,
And form my spirit pure and true :
O make me wise betimes to «py
My danger and my remedy.]
4
Behold I fall before thy face ;
My only refuge is thy grace:
No outward forms can make me clean ;
The leprosy lies deep within.
5
No bleeding bird, nor bleeding beast,
Nor hyssop branch, nor sprinkling priest,
Nor running brook, nor flood, nor sea,
Can wash the dismal stain away.
6
Jesus, my God, thy blood alone
Hath power sufficient to atone ;
Thy blood can make me white as snow ;
No Jewish types could cleanse me so.
While guilt disturbs and breaks my peace,
Nor flesh, nor soul hath rest or ease ;
Lord, let me hear thy pardoning voice,
And make my broken bones rejoice.
85- F.leubro 170, Charmouth 28, IValsaloyj.
(Psalm 51. ver. 3—13. 1st Part. CM.)
Original and actual Sin confessed and
pardoned.
LORD, I would spread my sore distress
And guilt before thine eyes;
Against thy laws, against thy grace,
How high my crimes arise !
o
Should'st thou condemn my soul to hell,
And crush my flesh to dust,
Heaven would approve thy vengeance well,
And earth must own it just.
3
I from the stock of Adam came,
Unholy and unclean;
All my original is shame,
And all my nature sin.
4
Born in a world of guilt, I drew
Contagion with my breath ;
And, as my days advanc'd, I grew
A juster prey for death.
5
Cleanse me, O Lord, and cheer my sou
With thy forgiving love ;
O, make my broken spirit whole,
And bid my pains remove.
6
Let not thy spirit quite depart,
Nor drive me from thy face ;
Create anew my vicious heart,
And fill it with thv grace.
7
Then will I make thy mercy known
Before the sons of men ;
Backsliders shall address thy throne,
And turn to God again.
THE FALL.
, imV 58.
. c J i urn Ad.im.
BD with Ike joy of innocence
Adam, our father, Uood,
And cat th' unlawtul tood.
a
■ are burn a sensual race,
I'u -infill jo>> inclined ,
I ::ive plate,
Ami flesh enslaves the mind.
U'liile flesh and sense and pas-;on reigns,
the twee ten good:
incj music m our chains,
And so torget the load.
4
: God, renew our ruin'd frame,
Our broken powers real
Inspire us with a heavenly liame,
And flesh shall rei^n no more.
Eiernal spirit, write thy law
I'pon our inward
And let the M 'jaw
His image on our he
ST- Abiidgt 201, Crou-le 3.
(Psalm 14. 1st Part. CM.)
By X.itttre alt Men are Sinners.
FOOLS in their hearts believe and say
' That all religions vain,
■ There is no God that reigns on high,
' Or minds th' affairs of men.'
From thoughts so dreadful and profane
apt discourse proceed- ,
And in their impious hands are found
Al>ominable deeds.
3
The Lord, from his celestial throne,
^'d down on things below
To find the man that sought his grace,
1 Or did his justice know.
4
1 By nature all are gone astray,
1 Their practice ail the same ;
There's none tha; ^er"s land,
There's none that loves his name.
5
Their tongues are us'd to speak deceit,
Their -landers never cease ;
How swift to mischief are their feet,
Nor know the paths ot pi
o
5uch seeds of sin ;that bitter root)
In every heart are found ;
Sor i an thev bear diviner fruit,
e reflne the ground.
88- P ■■■' II""
I «.
:nm in Sin.
Li i ii.i wild leopards of the
the spots that nature
ihen ma] the wicked turn ti i
And ciianye their tempers and their lives,
.1 might Ethiopian >L
Washout the darkness of the
The dead as well may leave their graves
As old (ransgresaon uax to sin.
3
Where vae has held its empire long
Twill not endure the least controul;
None but a power divinely strong
Can turn the current of the soul.
4
Great God, 1 own thy power divine.
That works to change this heart of mine;
I would be form'd anew, and bleis
The wonders of creating grate.
89- Greens Hundred 89, Olillundud 100.
(Hymn 24. B. 2. L. .V.
The Evil of Sin visible in the Full of Angels
,md
WHEN the Great Builder arch'd the
sk.es,
And form'd all nature with a word,
The joytul cherubs tun'd bis
i v bending throne ador'd.
High in the midst of all the throng,
tt the morning-stars he sung
Till sin destroy 'd his heavenly state.
3
Twas sin that hurl'd him from his throne,
Grov'ling in hie the rebel lies:
■ II w art thou sunk in daikness down,
1 Son of the morning, from the skies + :']
4
And thus our two first parents stood
fill mii dehl'd the happy pi
They lost their garden and their God,
And ruin'd all their unborn .
[S© sprung the plague from Adam's bower
And spread cie>trui tion all abroad ;
:-i name, that in one hour
Spoil'd six days labour of a God..'
6
Tremble, my soul, and mourn for
That such a foe shoui' I
Fly to thy Lord for quick n
O mav he slay tlus treacherous guest.
7
Then to thy throne, victoriou I
Then to thy throne oursl»ut> shah I
Thine everlasting ar n
ror sin the monster bleeds and die-;.
• job. anviii ". + lsa. .\.
90, 91, 92
THE FALL.
93, 94
90. Worksop 31, Bangor 231.
(Hymn 150. B. 2. CM.)
T/te Dcceitf illness of Sin.
SIN lias a thousand treacherous arts
To practise on the mind ;
With flattering looks she tempts our hearts,
But leaves a sting behind.
2
With names of virtue she deceives
The aged and the 5
ile the heedless wretch believes,
She makes his fetters strong.
3
She pleads for all the joys she brings,
And gives a fair pretence ;
But cheats the soul of heavenly things,
And chains it down to sense.
4
So on a tree divinely fair
Grew the forbidden food;
Our mother took the poison there,
And tainted all her blood.
9 1 . Abridge 20 1 , Anns 58.
(Hymn 153. B.2. CM.)
The Distemper, Folly, and Madness of Sin.
SIN like a venomous disease
Infects our vital blood ;
The only balm is sovereign grace,
And the physician, God.
2
Our beauty and our strength are fled,
And we draw near to death ;
But Christ the Lord recals the dead
With his almighty breath.
3
Madness by nature reigns within,
The passions burn and rage ;
Till God's own Son with skill divine
The inward lire assuage.
4
[We lick the dust, we grasp the wind,
And solid good despise ;
iuch is the folly of the mind
Till Jesus makes us wise.
We give our souls the wounds they feel,
We drink the poisonous gall,
And rush with fury down to hell;
But heaven prevents the fall.]
6
[The man possess'd amongst the tombs
Cuts his own flesh, and cries ;
He foams, and raves, till Jeius comes,
And the foul spirit tlies.j
92- Worksop 31.
(Hymn 156. B.2. CM.)
Presumption and Despair ; or, Safari's
various Temptations.
I HATE the tempter and his charms,
1 hate his flattering breath ;
The serpent takes a thousand forms
To cheat our souls to de. th
He feeds our hopes with airy dream?,
Or kills with slavish fear;'
And holds us still in wide extremes,
Presumption, or despair.
Now he persuades, • How easy 'tis
' To walk the road to heaven ;'
Anon he swells our sins, and cries,
' They cannot be forgiven.'
4
[He bids young sinners, ' Yet forbear
' To think of God or death;
' For prayer and devotion are
' But melancholy breath.'
5
He tells the aged, < They must die,
' And :tis too late to pray;
' In vain for mercy now they cry,
' For they have lost their day.']
6
Thus he supports his cruel throne
By mischief and deceit ;
And drags the sons of Adam down
To darkness and the pit.
7
Almighty God, cut short his power,
Let him in darkness dwell ;
And, that he vex the earth no more,
Confine him down to hell.
93- Anns 58, Grove House 143.
(Hymn 157. CM.)
The same.
0\V Satan comes with dreadful roar,
And threatens to destroy ;
He worries whom he can't devour
With a malicious jov.
2
Ye sons of God, oppose his rage,
Resist, and he'll be gone;
Thus did our dearest Lord engage
And vanquish him alone.
3
Now he appears almost divine
Like innocence and love,
But the old serpent lurks within
When he assumes the dove.
4
Fly from the false deceiver's tongue,
Ye sons of Adam, fly;
Our parents found the snare too strong,
Nor should the children try.
94. Angels Hymn 60, Babylon Streams 23.
(Hymn 158. L.M.)
Few saved ; or, the almost Christian, the
Hypocrite and Apostate,
BROAD is the road that leads to death,
And thousands walk together there;
lom shows a narrower path
With here and there a traveller,
o
' Deny thyself, and take thy cross,'
Is the Redeemer's great command ;
Nature must count her gold but dross
it she would gain this heavenly land.
N
95, 96, 9*
SCRIPTl RE.
■ il -oul ilut dlW .in.!
\ ; i a aik- the wa\s ct God no ■ore,
ll luit estecm'd almost .i Mint,
Ami nukes his own destruction sure.
I ord, lei not all m\ hopes br vain ;
Create m> heart ciim
which hypocrites could ne'er attain,
Which false a|K>statcs never knew.
rl i?2.
Paraphrased. .MPait.I M.
Jsisas ./«</ 1 ; U old and the
LORD, what was man, when made at first,
\.tam the offspring of the <!u-t,
That thuu shoiild'-t Kt hmi and his race
But just below an angel'- place.'
That thou should'st rai-e tiis nature so,
And make hi:n h>rd of all below;
Make ever> l>easl and bird -ubmit,
And lav the lishe- at ln> feet!
3
But ", what brighter -lories wait
Whit honoun shall thy Son adorn
Who condescended to be bornl
4
See him below his aagell made,
see him m dosl i lead,
I .. -avc a ruiu'd world troui -in ;
but he shall reign with power divine.
."■
The world to come, redeem'd from all
The miseries that attend the tall,
New-made, and glorious shall submit
At our exalted Saviour's feet
SCRIPTURE.
; assfJMi 40, Rarwles 73, Portugal 97.
(Hymn 53. 1.1. ]
ITht Hi . Hcb. i. 1,2. '2 Tim. in.
15, 16. Psalm cxlvii. 19, JO.
/"> OD who m various methods told
VT His mind and will to saints of old,
•vn hi- Son, with truth and grace,
h us in these latter dav-.
Our nation reads the writen word,
iThat book of life, that sine record :
The bright inheritance of heaven
i> by the tweet conveyance given.
3
God's kindest thoughts are here express'd,
Able to make us wise and ble-s'd ;
Thr' doctnne> are divinely true,
Kit for reproof, and comfort too.
4
Ye British isles, who read his love
In long epistles from above,
(Me hath not sent his sacred word
To every land Praise ye the Lord.
07- Portugal 97. Marks 65.
[Hjnu 151. B. 2. i
Prophfcy and Inspiration.
•'T'WAS by an order from the Lord
1 The ancient prophet? -poke his word ;
His Spirit did their tongues inspire,
And wann'd their heart- with heavenly fire.
|
The works and wonders which thev wrought
Confirm 'd the messages the; brought;
The piophct s pen succeeds bis breath
!0 save the holy words trem death.
Great God, mine eye- with pleasure look
On the dear volume of thy took j
There my Redeemer'- Face I see,
And read his name who dy'd for me.
4
Let the false raptures of the mind
Be lost ami vanish in the wind ;
Here I can ri\ my hope secure.
y word, and must endure.
98- Sprague 166, Crozrle 3, Stillman 66.
(Hymn 119. B. 2. CM.)
The Holy Scriptures.
I ADEN with guilt, and full cf fears,
j 1 fly to thee, m> Lord,
And not a glimpse of hope appears
But in thy wntten word.
The volume of my Father's grace
Does all my grief- assuage :
Here 1 behold m> SavRnart race
Almost in even txige.
3
[This is the field where hidden lies
The pearl of price unknown,
That merchant is divine.
U ho makes the pearl his own.]
4
[Here consecrated water flows
To quench my thirst v\ -in :
Here the tair tree ot knowledge grows,
Nor danger dwells therein.
This is the judge that ends the strife,
Where wit and reason fail ;
My guide to everlasting life
Through all this gloomv vale
D3
99, 100
SCRIPTURE.
101
O may thy counsels, mighty God,
My roving feet command ;
Nor I forsake the happy road
That leads to thy right hand.
99- Denbigh 54, Marks 65, New Sabbath 122.
(Psalm 19. L.M.)
The Books of Nature and of Scripture compar-
ed; or, the Glory and Success of the Gospel.
THE heavens declare thy glory, Lord,
In every star thy wisdom shines;
But when our eyes behold thy word,
We read thy name in fairer lines.
2
The rolling sun, the changing light.
And nights and days thy power confess;
But the blest volume thou hast writ
Reveals thy justice and thy grace.
3
Sun, moon, and stars convey thy praise
Round the whole earth, and never stand ;
So when thy truth begun its race,
It touch'd and glanc'd on everv land.
4
Nor shall thy spreading gospel rest,
Till through the world thy truth has run ;
Till Christ has all the nations blest
That see the light, or feel the sun.
5
Great Sun of Righteousness, arise,
Bless the dark world with heavenly light ;
Thy gospel makes the simply wise,
Thy laws are pure, thy judgments right.
6
Thy noblest wonders here we view
In souls renew'd and sins foigiv'n :
Lord, cleanse my sins, my soul renew,
And make thy word my guide to heaven.
100- Martins Lane 67, Nezvcourt 173.
(Psalm 19. To the tune of the cxiiith Psalm.)
The Booh of Nature and Scripture.
GREAT God, the heavens well-order'd
frame
Declares the glories of thy name ;
There thy rich works of wonder shine :
A thousand starry beauties there,
A thousand radiant marks apj>ear
Of boundless power, and skill divine.
2
From nkrht to day, from day to night,
The dawning and the dying light
Lectures of heavenly wisdom read ;
With silent eloquence they raise
Our thou^'itb to our Crea tor's praise,
And neitner sound nor language need.
3
Yet their divine instructions run
far as the journiesof the sun,
An I every nation knows their voice:
The sun, like some young bridegroom drest,
breaks from the chambers of the east.
Roils round, and makes the earth rejoice.
Where'er he spreads his beams abroad,
He smiles and speaks his maker God ;
All nature joins to shew thy praise:
Thus God, in every creature 'shines ;
Fair is the book of nature's lines,
But fairer is thy book of grace.
PAUSE.' Jennings 123.
I love the volumes of thy word ;
What light andjoy those leaves afford
To souls benighted and distrest!
Thy precept* guide my doubtful way.
Thy fear forbids my feet to stray,
Thy promise leads my heart to res'.
6
From the discoveries of thy law,
TJ e perfect rules of life 1 draw,
These are my study and delight:
Not honey so invites the taste,
Nor gold, that hath the furnace past,
Appears so pleasing to the sight.
Thy threatenings wake my slumbering eyes,
And warn me where my danger lies;
Eut 'tis thy blessed gospel, Lord,
That makes my guilty conscience clean,
Converts my soul, subdues my sin,
And gives a free but large reward.
8
Who knows the errors of his thoughts?
My God, foigive my secret faults,
And from presumptuous sins restrain:
Accept my poor attempts of praise
That I have read thy book of grace,
And book of nature, not in vain.
101- James's 163, Bedford 91, Stamford 9.
(Psalm 119. 7th Part. CM.)
Imperfection of Nature, and Perfection of
Scripture.
Ver. 96. paraphrased.
LET all the heathen writers join
To form one perfect book.
Great God, if once compar'd with thine,
How mean their writings look!
2
Not die most perfect rules they gave
Could shew one sin forgiven,
Nor lead a step beyond the grave;
But thine conduct to heaven.
3
I've seen an end of what we call
Perfection here below ;
How short the powers of nature fall,
And can no farther go !
4
Yet men would fain be just with God
By works their hands have wrought;
But'thy commands, exceeding broad,
Extend to every thought.
5
In vain we boast perfection here,
V\ hile sin denies our frame,
And sinks our virtues down so far,
They scarce deserve the name.
6
Our faith and love, and every grace,
Pali far below thy word ;
But perfect truth and rightec
Dwell only with the Lord.
SCRIPTURE.
101, 10j
i
Brjn:
r dm H9. 4th Part. CM.)
' m Script* c.
Ver.
H'»'a ta : ire their beam,
;aanl their h\cs from sin'
hottest rules imparts
..i>t- iheii thoughts to I
VCt. 10..
the sun, a heavenly light,
us all the day ;
i of the night,
A I-*ni i> to l<-a.l our
thy law with care,
And meditate im
Grow wi>er t!un their teat hers are,
An 1 i Lord.
\cr. 104, UJ.
make me truly wise;
I hate the sinner'-
I hate my own vain thoughts that rise,
Bit love thy law, my God.
Ver. 89,90, 91.
•rr> heavens thy rule obey,
1 be earth maintains her ; .
t and day
: i power expi .
But still thy law and gospel, Lord,
Have le uvine;
h -.tan. h firmer than thy word,
•-."hi) shine.]
116.
Thy word is everlasting ;:u;h;
;> ire is every page;
That holy book shall guide our youth,
And well support our age.
10J. fiotjrW 91, V
(Psalm 119. 5th Part C
i f God
duvtiing m
Ol love thy h< h
■) delight;
as draw
Divio night.
.■ day
loi:.
i way
To Ik .
How ige!
Ver. 19, 108.
Am l a granger, or at home,
Tis my perpetual fi
Not honey dropping from the comb
bo much allures the taste.
\ er. 7
enrich the mind;
Nor shall thy word I
For loads of silver well refin'd,
Nor heaps of choicest gold.
Ver. 28, 19, 175.
When nature (inks, and spirits droop,
promises of grace
Are pillars to support my hope,
And there 1 write Uiy praise.
][)[. IUrtsnp3\, M
(Psalm 119. 6th Part. CM.)
Holiness and Comfort from the Word.
LORD, 1 esteem thj judgments right,
ill thy statutes just ;
Thence I maintain a constant fight
With every (Uttering lust.
Thy precepts often 1 su
1 keep tny law in sight,
Thro' all the business of the day,
To form my actions right.
Ver
My heart in midnight silence crie-,
' How sweet thy comforts be '
drain holy wonder rite,
And bring their thanks to thee.
162.
And when my spirit dnnki her fill
At some good word of thine,
Not mighty men that share the spoil
Ha\ d to mine.
105- C ..Iri:h\l\,Otfnrd\0*.
(Psalm 119. 8th Part. C
■Saint's Portion; or,
the Extrium tfScnftmre.
Ver. I'll, paraphrased.
LORD, I have made thy word my choice,
.
• n rejoice,
My warmest thoughts engage.
2
f thy love,
•
rove,
With i^ht.
3
Tis a broad land of wealth unknown
sown,
And hidden glory I
4
The best relief that mourners have,
Mest ;
Our fairest hoj ( | ave,
Ando-
.06, 107, 108
SCRIPTURE.
.09, 110
MORAL LAW.
1 06- Portugal 97, Hotham 224, Marks 65.
(Hymn 116. B. 1. L. M.)
Love to God and our Neighbour ,
Matt. xxii. 37 — 40.
THUS saith the first, the great command,
1 Let all thy inward powers unite
' To love thy Maker and thy God,
' With utmost vigour and delight.
2
' Then shall thy neighbour next in place
' Share thine affections and esteem,
' And let thy kindness to thyself
'Measure and rule thy love to him.'
3
This is the sense that Moses spoke,
This did the prophets preach and prove,
For want of this the law is broke,
And the whole law's fulfill'd by love.
4
But Oh ! how base our passions are !
How cold our charity and zeal!
Lord, fill our souls with heavenly fire,
Or we shall ne'er perform thy will.
107- New Sabbath 122, Bredby 165,
Marks 65.
(Hymn 38. B.l. 2d Part. L.M.)
The universal Law of Equity, Matt. viii. 12.
BLESSED Redeemer, how divine,
How righteous is this rule of thine,
4 To do to all men just the same
'As we expect or wish from them.'
2
This golden lesson, short and plain,
Gives not the mind nor memory pain}
And every conscience must approve
This universal law of love.
3
How blest would every nation be,
Thus rul'd by love and equity !
All would be friends without a foe,
And form a paradise below.
4
Jesus forgive us, that we keep
Thy sacred law of love asleep ;
No more let envy, wrath, and pride,
tut thy blest maxims be our guide.
1 08- Great Milton 212, Bedford 91 .
(Ps. 50. v.8, 10, 11, 14, 15,23. 2d Part. C. M.)
Obedience is better than Sacrifice.
THUS saith the Lord, ' The spacious
fields,
1 And flocks and herds, are mine ;
• O'er all the cattle of the hills
' I claim a right divine.
2
' I ask no sheep for sacrifice
1 Nor bullocks burni. with fire ;
« To hope and love, to pray and praise,
1 Is all that 1 require.
1 Call upon me when trouble's near,
* My hand shall set thee free ;
< Then shall thy thankful lips declare
' The honour due to me.
4
1 The man that offers humble praise,
' He glorifies me best ;
1 And those that tread my holy ways
' Shall my salvation taste.'
109- Ulverston\19,Rothwell\lA.
(Psalm 16. 1st Part. L.M.)
Confession of our Poverty ; and Saints the best
Company; or, good Works profit Men, not God.
PRESERVE me, Lord, in time of need ;
For succour to thy throne I flee,
But have no merits there to plead ;
My goodness cannot reach to thee.
2
Oft have my heart and tongue confest
How empty and how poor 1 am ;
My praise can never make thee blest,
Nor add new glories to thy name.
3
Yet, Lord, thy saints on earth may reap
Some profit by the good we do ;
These are the company I keep,
These are the choicest friends 1 know.
4
Let others choose the sons of mirth
To give a relish to their wine,
I love the men of heavenly birth
Whose thoughts and language are divine.
1 1 0- Worksop 31, Grove House 143.
(Hymn 115. B. 1. CM.)
Conviction of Sin by the Law, Rom. vii.
8, 9, 14, 24.
LORD, how secure my conscience was,
And felt no inward dread!
1 was alive without the law,
And thought my sins were dead.
2
My hopes of heaven were firm and bright;
But since the precept came
With a convincing power and light,
1 find how vile 1 am.
3
[My guilt appear'd but small before,
fill terribly I saw
How perfect, holy, just, and pure,
Was thine eternal law.
4
Then felt my soul the heavy load,
My sins reviv'd again,
1 had provok'd a dreadful God,
And all my hopes were slain.]
5
I'm like a helpless captive sold
Under the power of sin ;
I cannot do the good I would,
Nor keep my conscience clean.
6
My God, I cry with every breath
For some kind power to save,
To break the yoke of sin and death,
And thus rtdeem the slave.
Ill, 112
LAW. GOSPEJ
113, 111, 115
1 1 1
Kin
(Hymn 121
THE law commands, and makes us know
What duties i owe ;
ii.it 'tis the gospel must
ltd out strength to do Ins will.
The law discovers guilt and tin,
our hearts havt
Only the
: prace.
3
irsei doth the law denounce
lie man tiut fails but once i
Hut in the gospel Christ appears
Pardoning the guilt of numerous years.
4
DUPt to draw
Thy lite and comfort from the law,
Fly to the hope the gospel g
The man that trusts the promise lives.
1 12. Mount Ephraim IS-;, Stochpirt 17,
am to, t 149.
(Hymn 190. B. 2. S.M.)
The Law and Go 'pel 'joint d in Scripture.
Till I <<rd dedara his will,
And keen the world in awe;
Amidst the smoke on ^n ii»s hill
is fiery law.
_>
ird reveals his (ice,
\\\\ smiling from .;
Sends down the gospel of his grace,
l n' epistles of bis love.
I
u-red words impart
Our Maker's just commai
1 he pit] of his melting heart,
And vengeance of his hands.
4
Hence we awake cur tear,
ur comfort hence ;
ms oi grace are treasufM here,
And armour of defence.
5
We learn Christ cnicifyHi,
re behold his Mood ;
and knowledges bo
Will do u5 1.
v\ i- read the heavenly word,
w e take the ofler*d
' statutes oi th
An i trust his promises.
7
la vain shall Satan
nst a I). >k divine ;
wrath and lightning guard the page,
Whe nercv shine.
1 13- fountain 101, mford 106, Strea-
tham
(Psalm 89, v*r. 15, fcc. 3d Part. CM.)
A blessed Gospel.
B| are the souls that hear and know
ound ;
ill a I tend the path they go,
And light then steps surround.
9
Their joy shall bear their spmts up
Through tbeh* Redeemer's name;
- their hope,
atan dares condemn.
3
The Lord, our glory and defence,
: tii and salvation gives j
Israel, thy King for ever reigns,
Thy God for ever lives.
1 11. WarehamWlyWelh 102.
(Hymn 128. B. 1. L.M.)
The Apostles'" Commission ; or, the Gospel at-
tested by Miracles, Mark \vi. lj, &c.
Matt, xwiii. 18, &c.
' (^ ° preach my gospel, saith the ls>rd,
Vj • Bid the whole earth my grace re-
' ceive ;
• II ■ -:> ill he vi\'d that trusts my word,
' He shall be damn'd that won't believe.
2
' I'll make your great commission known,
' And ye shall prove my gospel true
' By all the works that i have done,
' B] all the wonders ye shall do.
' Go heal the sick, go raise the dead,
' Go cast out devils in my name;
' \ >i let mj prophets be afraid, pheme.
' Tho' Greeks repflM !i, and Jews bUi-
4
• re* h all the nations my commands,
' I'm with you till the world shall end ;
' All power is trusted to my :
' 1 can destroy, and 1 defend,'
5
He spake, and light shone round his head,
On a bright cloud to heaven he rode;
They to the tardiest nations n
The grate ol their ascended God.
1 1 ;>. t 'herston 179, Portugal 97, M i
(Hymn 4. B. I. 2d Part. CM.)
The inward Witness to Christianity.
1 John v. 10.
QUESTIONS and doubts be heard no
more;
' :irist and joy DC all our theme;
His Spirit seals hi^ Gospel mac
To every soul that ttujts in him.
116, 117
SCRIPTURE.
118, 119
Jesus, thy witness speaks within:
The mercy which thy words reveal
Refines the heart from sense and sin,
And stamps its own celestial seal.
3
Tis God's inimitahle hand
That moulds and forms the heart anew ;
Blasphemers can no more withstand,
But bow and own thy doctrine true.
4
The guilty wretch that trusts thy blocd,
Finds peace and pardon at the cross ;
The sinful soul, averse to God,
Believes and loves his Maker's laws.
5
Learning and wit may cease their strife,
When miracles with glory shine ;
The voice that calls the dead to life
Must be almighty, and divine.
1 1 6- Wells 102, Derby 169, Rotkwell 174.
(Hymn 131. B.2. L.M.)
The Excellency of the Christian Religion.
LET eve-iasting glories crown
Thy he .d, my Savicur and my Lord ;
Thy hands have brought salvation down,
And writ the blessings in thy word.
2
[What if we trace the globe around,
And search from Britain to Japan,
There shall be no religion found
So just to God, so safe for man.]
3
In vain the trembling conscience seeks
Some solid ground to rest upon ;
With long despair the spirit breaks,
Till we apply to Christ alone.
4
How well thy blessed truths agree !
How wise and holy thy commands !
Thy promises how firm they be .'
How firm our hope and comfort stands!
[Not the feign'd fields of heathenish bliss
Could raise such pleasures in the mind ;
Nor does the Turkish Paradise
Pretend to joys so well refln'd. J
6
Should all the forms that men devise
Assault my faith with treacherous art,
I'd call them vanity and lies,
And bind the gospel to my heart.
117. Aynhoe 108, Simons 250, Peckham 7.
(Hymn 118. B. 1. S. M.)
Moses and Christ ; or, Sins against the Law
and Gospel; John i. 17. Heb. iii. 3, 5. 6.
and x. 28, 29.
THE law by Moses came,
But peace, and truth, and love,
Were brought by Christ, a nobler name,
Descending from above.
2
Amidst the house of God
Their different works were done;
Moses a faithful sen ant stood,
But Christ a faithful Son.
Then to his new commands
Be strict obedience paid ;
O'er all his Father's house he stands
The sovereign and the head.
4
The man that durst despise
The law that Moses brought,
Behold ! how terribly he dies
For his presumptuous fault.
5
But sorer vengeance falls
On that rebellious race,
Who hate to hear when Jesus calls,
And dare resist his grace.
118- Gainsborough 29, Great Milton 212.
(Hymn 119. B. 1. CM.)
The different Success of the Gospel, 1 Cor. i.
23, 24. 2 Cor. ii. 16. 1 Cor. iii. 6, 7.
CHRIST and his cross is all our theme;
The mysteries that we speak
Are scandal in the Jews esteem,
And folly to the Greek.
2
But souls enlighten'd from above
With joy receive the word ;
They see what wisdom, power, and love
Shines in their dying Lord.
3
The vital savour of his name
Restores their fainting breath ;
But unbelief perverts the same
To guilt, despair, and death.
4
Till God diffuse his graces down,
Like showers of heavenly rain,
In vain Apollos sows the ground,
And Paul may plant in vain.
1 1 9. London 180, Bedford 91, Follett 181.
(Hymn 33. B. 1. 1st Part. CM.)
A rational Defence of the Gospel, Rom. i.
16. 1 Cor. i. 27,28.
SHALL atheists dare insult the cross
Of our redeemer, God?
Shall infidel's reproach his laws,
Or trample on his blood ?
2
What if he choose mysterious ways
To cleanse us from our faults-
May not the works of sovereign grace
Transcend our feeble thoughts I
3
What if his gospel bids us fight
With flesh, and self, and sin ;
The prize is most divinely bright
That we are call'd to win.
4
What if the foolish, and the poor
His glorious grace partake ;
This but confirms his truth the more,
For so the prophets spake.
Do some that own his sacred name
Indulge their souls in sin f
Jesus should never bear the blame,
His laws are pure and clean.
GOSPEL
walk among
1 he men thai It vt tl e i
ISO. c
(Hymn >4. l>t Put. B I. I
of God to Sail at ion,
W!l\ I ,!uii the dyia
l hat Kcki relief foi ill h - -
ieooc find
. the torment of the mind '
8
• get <>ur crimes forgiven,
i mi natures fit for he
■ er dt'iii (I with sin
, ii own |>' wersand passions clean!
In vain we scan h, in vain «
yl is tl. tlory dwell
m hell.
4
r hope
m our fainting spirits up ;
we trust tin' word,
And ind salvation in the 1
m or angels dig the mines,
ii treasure shines,
M nine nt the I
j All nature's gold appear* but dross.
«
! vile blasphemen with disdain
i . • truths oflesu
scandal and ;lie si
triumph In his name.
iivmn are, in one
BQ J).
121. C %ChardY15.
(Ihmn 1$. B 8. L. M.)
Tills ;s the word of truih and
to the natioiu from al
... e can do.
This reme m find
I
i d\\
jture, man.
, is the dead n
are tum'il to I
night
Ices a In .ivenly light;
i itroU,
I
iaine
i id admire, . ...an:;e.]
May h'U this q;rare my soul n
Let -. 1 1 1 1 1 e i - ^a/.e, and lute me
A slue d i
-. // tkamffl,
Kitlgsbridgt HS.
(Hymn 126. B 2. CM.)
God glorified in the '
' i^H'r I i I dei
jl Invites his children
While powei and truth and bound!
Display their glories here.
o
Here in thy gospel's wonderous frame
.
A thousa i-n thy name
Beyond •vhate'ei they knew.
ne is wril in fain si lines,
i hj wonden here w • tra
thro' all the mystery shines,
And shines in Jem's face.
4
Lience owes
God ;
aging justice shows
in his hlood.
S
Hut still the lustre of thy grace
Our warmei
with brighter rays,
And more exalts ou
. Kiliiorth '24'.).
(Hymn 10. B. i. S.M.)
The Ble
Lit on of Christ to Jews amdGentiks^ Isa.v,
•„>. T—lo. Matt. \ui. 16, 17.
How beauteous are their feet
\\ h.> stand on /.ion*- hill !
ing salvation on their tongues,
reveal!
'2
1'. w charming is their \ •
\ iOUl hin?.
1 He reigns and triun p is hoe.'
3
How happy are our ears
I hat hear litis ti'Mul sound
tught, but ncvei found!
4
this neaveni
Prophets ami kings ite>n\i it long
But dy'd without the
5
nploj ;
6
The I at his arm
I their God.
124, 125, 126
SCRIPTURE.
', 128
1 21 • Otford 106, Sydenham 43, A.hley 152.
Bath Chapel 26.
(Psalm 98. 1st Part. CM.)
Praise for the Gospel.
TO our almighty Maker, God,
New honours beaddrest;
His great salvation shines abroad,
And makes the nations blest.
2
He spake the word to Abram first;
His truth fulfils the grace:
The Gentiles make his name their trust,
And learn his righteousness.
3
Let the whole earth his love proclaim
\\ itfi all her different tongues;
And spread the honours of his name
In melody and songs.
SCRIPTURE DOCTRINES AND
BLESSINGS.
125- Marks 65, Bramcoate 3, Leeds 19.
(Hymn 54. B. 1. L.M.)
Electing Grace ; or, Saints beloved in Christ,
Eph. i. 3, &c.
JESUS, we bless diy Father's name ;
Thy God and ours are both the same;
\\ bat heavenly blessings from his throne,
Flow down to sinners thro' his Son !
2
1 Christ be my first elect,' he said,
Then chose our souls in Christ our head,
Before he save the mountains birth,
Or laid foundations for the earth.
3
Thus did eternal Love begin
To raise us up from death and sin ;
Our characters were then decreed,
' Blameless in love, aholv seed.'
4
Predestinated to be sons,
Born by degrees, but chose at once ;
'A new regenerated race
'Jo praise the glory of his grace.
5
With Christ our Lord we share our part
In the affections of his heart,
ull our souli be thence remov'd
1 ill he forgets his first bclo\ 'd.
1 26- JtKgeh 60, Pauls 246, Bah y Ion 23.
(Hymn 117. B. 1. L.M.)
■ign and free, Rom. ix. 21 —
.20.
BEHOLD the potter and the clay,
mu his vessels as he please :
ur God, and such are we,
The subjects of his high decrees.
2
[Doth not the workman's power er.rend
O'er all the mass, which p-rt to t:
And mould it for a nobler end,
. user]
May not the sovereign Lord on high
Dispense his ta\ours as he
Choose some to life while others die,
And vet be just and gracious stulf
4
[What if to make his terror known,
He lets his patience long endure,
Suffering vile rebels to go on-
And seal their own destruction sure!
5
What if he means to shew his grace,
And his electing love employs
To mark out some of mortal race,
And foim them fit for heave nlv joys!]
6
Shall man reply against the Lord,
U his Maker's ways unjust,
The thunder of whose dreadful word
Can crush a thousand worlds to dust.'
7
But, O my soul, if truths so bright
. iazzle and confound thy sight,
Yet still his written will obey,
And wait the great decisive dav.
b
Then shall he make his justice known,
And the whole world before his thione
With joy or terror shall confess
The glory of his righteousness.
127- Grove House 143, Anns 58.
(Hymn 96. B.l. CM.)
Election excludes boasting, 1 Cor. i. 26 — 31.
BUI few among the carnal wise,
But few of noble race,
Obtain the favour of thint eyes,
Almighty King of grace.
2
He takes the men of meanest name
For sons and heirs of God;
And thus he pours abundant shame
On honourable blood.
3
He calls the fool, and makes him know
The mysterifs of his grace,
To bring aspiring wisdom low,
And all hs pride abase.
4
Nature has all its glories lost
\S hen brought before his throne;
No flesh shall in his presence boast
But in the Lord alone.
128- Portugal (,1, Wareham 117.
H.vmn 11. B.l. L.M.)
The humble enlightened, and carnal Reason
humbled ; or, the Sovereignly of Grace,
Lakes. SI.
TIIKREwasanhourwhen Christ rejoie'd,
And spoke his joy in words of praise;
' I athex, I thank thee, Blighty God,
' Lord of the earth, and heavens, and seas:
2
' 1 thank thy sovereign power and love,
1 That crowns my doctnne with mi
L.kes the babes in knowledge learn
' li.e heights, and breadths, and lcngtlis uf
grace.
\29t 139
1.1 ECTFON.
131, 133
1 Bui .ill tin> •'. eal'd
inn of prudence aud <>t witj
' rbe prince of darkness blind* then eye*,
' Ami their own pride resisti the light.
l
' Father, tii thus, because ih) will
•e and ordaia'd it should be
' 'li> tii y delight f abase the proud,
1 And la] the naught] scornei low.
4 There's none i an know the Fathef ti-lit
4 But those who learn it from the -
4 N^r i .mi the s"'i i e well receivM
4 But where theFarherniakeshun known.'
t>
Then lot our tools adore our God
That deals his graces as be please,
es to mortals an account
Or or his actions, or decrees.
1 2ft Grtmt Milton
}{.:■
(Mvmn 1?. K. I. CM .)
■ . : . v ;';/ rn.:'. i ling Ch ri.-t , Luke
Tl sl S, the man of constant
\ mourner all hu da\* ;
llix spirit OtSGC rejoie'd aloud,
And tuu'd his joy to praise.
' Father, 1 thank thy wonderous love,
'Thai hath reveal*d thy son
4 "I > men unlearned ; and to babes
' iia> made thy gospel known.
;
1 The mysterio of redeeming grace
1 Are hidden from lh
4 \\ lule pride and carnal reasonings join
• 1 0 swell and blind their eyes.'
I
|Thu> doth the Lord of heaven and earth
tat d< crees fulfil,
lent all his works oi grace
ti> his own sovereign w ill.
130. Ch.irmonth 28, Am:
(Hva i .11.)
Distinguishing Lovt ; or, Angels punished, and
DOWN headlong from their native skies
rebel angels fell,
iderbutts of gassing wrath
PursuM thcin deep to hell.
pown from the top of earthly bliss
Rebellious man was hurl'd:
tnd lesusstoop'd beneath the grave
Io reach a sinking world.
J
) love of infinite degree :
Unmeasurabk grace !
lu.-t heaven1! eternal darling die
Io -ave a traitorous rate'
I
lust angels sink for ever down,
And bum in quenchlc
I toi>akc> Ins shining throne
I'o raise us wretches higher.'
O lor i! th and skies
\\ ith halleluja
And the lull choir of human tongues
All hallelujah smj.
131 -11, KotkwtU 171.
(Hymn 9f. 1.9. I...M.)
The tank.
I^ROM heaven the sinning angels fell,
And wrath and darkness tiiain'il them
down j
Hut man, vile man, forSOOh his btha,
And mercj luts him to a crown.
I
Amazing work of sovereign grace
That could distinguish rebels so!
It] treasons call'd aloud
rlasting letters too.
3
To thee, to thee, almighty love,
. ourselves, our all we pay:
Millions of tongues shall sound thy praise
on the bright hills of heavenly day.
COVES'. 1ST OF GRACE.
13 ?• G \ Bromley 104.
t Tart. I.. ftl.J
The Covenant mack zrith Christ ; or, the
>,/vid.
FOR ever shall my song record
The truth and mercy ot the Lord ;
Men y ami truth tor ever stand
Like heaven establish'd by his hand.
Thus to in- Son be rware, and said,
• \\ ith thee my covenant first is made;
linnen live,
3
• Be thou my prophet, thou my priest;
ildren shall be ever blest;
i king; thy throne
1 Shall stand eternal like my own.
4
none of all my sons above
h my image or im
• i_ elesaal powers tbl
• 1 hen what ^.m earth to thee compare'
• David. m> servant, whom 1
• I o guard m> tlock, to i iu>h ■
m-M bun to the Jewish throne,
• \\ a- but a s; ion.'
Now let the church rejoice, and sing
Jesus her Saviour ami berk
• heavi ni\ u.
Ami saints declare his we-tks below.
L
112, 143
SCRIPTURE DOCTRINES.
144, 145
' Behold, I come,' (the Saviour cries,
With love and duty in his eyes)
' 1 come to bear the heavy load
4 Of sins, ana do thy will, my God.
.5
1 Tis written in thy great decree,
1 Tis in thy book foretold of me,
1 I must fulfil the Saviour's part,
■ And, lo! thy law is in my heart.
6
' I'll magnify thy holy law,
' And rebels to obedience draw,
' When on my cross I'm lifted htgb,
4 Or to my crown above the sky.
7
' The Spirit shall descend, and show
' What thou hast clone and what I do ;
' The wondering world shall learn thy grace,
' Thy wisdom and thy righteousness'.'
142- Reports 188, Horsley 205, Pauls 24 6.
(Hymn 118, B.2. L.M.)
The Priesthood of Christ.
BLOOD has a voice to pierce the skies,
Revenge, the blood of Abel cries ;
But the dear stream when Christ was slain
Spea'.cs peace as loud from every vein.
Pardon and peace from God on high,
Behold he lays his vengeance by,
And rebels that deserve hi^ sword,
become the favourites of the Lord.
3
To Jesus let our praises rise
Who gave his life a sacrifice ;
Now he appears before his God,
And for our pardon pleads his blood.
14'*. James 163, Tunhridge 103.
(Hymn 155. B.2. CM.)
Christ our Pas-over.
LO the destroying angel flies
To Pharaoh's stubborn land ;
The pride and flower of Egypt dies
By his vindictive hand.
2
He pass'd the tents of Jacob o'er,
Nor pour'd the wrath divine;
He saw the blood on every door,
And blt-js'd the peaceful »ign.
3
I bus the appointed Lamb must bleed
To break th' Egyptian yoke ;
Thus Israel is from bondage freed,
And 'scapes the angel's stroke.
4
Lord, if my heart were sprinkled too,
With blood so rich as thine,
Justice no longer would pursue
This guilty soul of mine.
S
Jesus our passover was slain,
And has at once procur'd
freedom from Satan's heavy chain,
And God's avenging sword.
144. Great Milton 212, Abridge 201,
S prague 166.
(Hymn 38. B. 1. 1st Part. CM.)
The Atonement of Christ, Rom. iii. 25.
HOW is our nature spoil'd by sin •
Yet nature ne'er hath found
The way to make the conscience clean,
Or heal the painful wound.
2
In vain we seek for peace with God
By methods of our own :
Je=us, there's nothing but thy blood
Can bring us near the throne.
3
The threatenings of thy broken law
Impress our souls with dread ;
If God his sword of vengeance draw,
It strikes our spirits dead.
4
But thine illustrious sacrifice
Hath answer'd these demands;
And peace and pardon from the skies,
Come down by Jesus' hands.
5
Here all the ancient types agree,
The altar and the lamb ;
And prophets in their visions see
Salvation thro' his name.
6
'Tis by thy death we live, O Lord ;
Tis on tin cross we rest:
For ever be thy love ador'd,
Thy name for ever blest.
145- Braintree 25, Salem 139, Provi-
dence 10.
(Hymn 148. B.2. CM.)
God reconciled in Christ.
DEAREST of all the names above,
My Jesus, and my God,
Who can resist thy heavenly love,
Or trifle with thy blood f
2
'Tis by the merits of thy death
The Father smiles again ;
'Ti> by thine interceding breath
The Spirit dwells with men.
3
Till God in human flesh I see,
My thoughts no comfort find;
The holy, just, and sacred Three
Are terrors to my mind.
4
But if Immanuel's face appear,
My hope, my joy begins ;
His name forbids my slavish fear,
His grace removes my sins.
I
While Jews on their own law rely,
And Greeks of wisdom boast,
1 love th' incarnate mystery,
And there I fix my trust.
IT, US
RATION.
'
i til \i\.
Christ our Hit I \ "g , and Christ
us know
AC,
N
1
And hi,
Be eve
Mng.
Behold, "inp,
im once,
5 love.
5
vail
WC the day:
jng delay.
Ntlie outward forms on earth,
en,
I blood, noi I
Can raise a >oul to be
God alone
Born in ;
A new peculiar race.
3
wind
-
ad,
V
Our quicken'd
And pi ooi breath.
143 '-■
.:»99. B. 1. C
Mm
V
(
Su h wonderous power
.
■ '■
world obey'd and came.
.
|
The new Cre
A- exalted Son
Doth hi
idng all thin?
' M> h.: i lay,
1 See the new
3
1 I'll be a sun of righto.
' To the new heavens I m
' None but the new-bom he.:
ieemer, set me free
O makr my -oul alive to thee,
Create new powers within.
Renew mine eye
An! m iu] h,
Give m? n id fear?,
:i tlie stone I
6
Far from the region?
. un, an"! earth, and hell,
: that grace ha
..'ver dwell.
Abridge 201, •
(Hymn 159. B. 1. CM.)
An unconverted State ; or, .
And our
Minted Wooi,
.thin,
v"od»
And wilhng slaves to sin.
151, 152
SCRIPTURE DOCTRINES.
153, 154
And can such rebels he restor'd!
Such natures made divine:
Let sinners see thy glory, Lord,
And feel this power of thine.
6
We raise our Father's name en high,
Who his own Spirit sends
To bring rebellious strangers nigh,
And turn his foes to friends.
151- Gainsborough 29, Braintree 15.
(Hymn 161. B.2. CM.)
Christian Virtues ; or, the Difficulty of
Conversion.
STRAIT is the way, the door is strait
That leads to joys on high ;
Tis but a few that find the gate.
While crowds mistake, and die.
2
Beloved self must be deny'd,
The mind and will renew'd,
Passion suppress'd, and patience try'd,
And vain desires subdu'd.
3
[Flesh is a dangerous foe to grace,
Where it prevails and rules;
Flesh must be humbled, pride abas'd,
Lest they destroy our souls.
4
The love of gold be banished hence,
(That vile idolatry)
And every member, every sense
In sweet subjection lie.]
5
The tongue, that most unruly power,
Requires a strong restraint ;
We must be watchful every hour,
And pray, but never faint.
6
Lord can a feeble helpless worm
Fulfil a task so hard?
Thy giace must all my work perform,
And give the free reward.
JUSTIFICATION.
152- Bedford^, Weston Favel 27,
Worksop 31.
(Hymn 94. B. 1. CM.)
Justification by Faith, not by Works y or, the
Law condemns, Grace justifies, Rom.
iii. 19—22.
VAIN are the hopes the sons of men
On their own works have built;
Their hearts by nature all unclean,
And all their actions guilt.
2
Let Jew and Gentile stop their mouths
Without a murmuring word,
And the whole race of Adam stand
Guilty before the Lord.
3
In vain we ask God's righteous law
To justify us now,
Since to convince and to condemn
Is all the law can do.
Jesus, how glorious is thy grace!
W hen in thy name we trust,
Our faith receives a righteousness
That makes the sinner just.
15.3. Pauls 246, Babylon 23.
(Hymn 154. B.2. L.M.)
Self-Righteousness insufficient.
HERE are the mourners,*, saith the
w
Lord,
' That wait and tremble at my word,
' That walk in darkness all the day?
' Come, make my name your trust andstay
2
' [No works nor duties of your own
' Can for the smallest sin atone;
' + The robes that nature may provide .
' Will not your least pollutions hide.
3
' The softest couch that nature knows
' Can give the conscience no repose:
' Look to my righteousness, and live;
' Comfort and peace are mine to give.]
4
' Ye sons of pride, that kindle coals
1 With your own hands to warm your souls
' Walk in the light of your own fire,
' Enjoy the sparks that ye desire.
5
' This i= your portion at my hands;
' Hell waits you with her iron bands,
' Ye shall lie down in sorrow there,
' In death, in darkness, and despair.'
1 54- Devizes 14, Miall 240, Bath ChapelKS
(Ps.71.v. 15, 14, 16, 23, 22, 24. 2d Part. CM.
Christ our Strength and Righteousness.
MY Saviour, my almighty friend,
When 1 begin thy praise,
Where will the growing numbers end,
The numbers of thv grace?
2
Thou art my everlasting trust,
Thy goodness I adore ;
And since I knew thy graces first
1 speak thy glories more.
3
My feet shall travel all the length
Of the celestial road,
And march with courage in thy strength
To see my Father God.
4
When 1 am fill'd with sore distress
For some surprising sin,
I'll plead thy perfect righteousness,
And mention none but thine.
5
How will my lips rejoice to tell
The victories of my King!
My soul redeein'd from sin and hell
Shall thy salvation sing.
6
[My tongue shall all the day proclaim
My Saviour and my God ;
His death has brought my foes to shame,
And drown'd them in his blood.
* Isaiah 1. 10, 11. + Isaiah xxviii. 20.
JUSTIFICATION, IWKDON.
157, 158
Awake, awake, m> tuneful powers;
With ihis delightful
I'll entertain the darkest I
. think the season Lou
1 5 .*» •
(Hymn 109. B. I, L M.)
The Value cj
Phil. in. 7—9.
No mole, my <»>»i, l i>".i-t no nm
' the duties 1 have d
1 quit the hope* 1 held bi
To tru-t the merits ol tin Son,
the low- I ben his name,
What was H»J gain 1 count m>
met pride 1 call m\ shame,
And nail my glory n> his 1 1
ind I nasi and will esteeni
All things hut lots foi yentsf
() may m\ wttl Ik.* found in hun,
: Ills righteousness partake.
•1
The Ih-»i obedience of my bands
- not appear before thy throne;
h un answer thj demands
By pleading what my Lord has done.
13m. Htphxibah 77, Furman 135,
Michaels 119.
(Hymn 20. B. 1. C.M.I
•■ndv^theRobeofUigh-
d 10.
Aw AKF. nn heart, arise, my tongue,
ire a tuneful -
In God, the life of all my joys,
Aloud will i rejoice.
1 a he adorn'd my naked soul,
Ami made salvation mint-,
i a poor polluted worm
He makes his graces shine.
3
And lest the shadow of a spot
dd on my soul he found,
He took the roue the Saviour wrought,
. cast it all around.
4
■ heavenly robe exceeds
aithly princes wear !
inaments how blight they shine.'
How white the garmeati
5
The Spirit wiought my faith and love,
And hoj>e, and every gl I
But Jesus spent his life to work
The robe ol righteousness.
fj
Str.i .:, art thou array 'd
By the great ^acred Three :
In sweetest harmony of praise
Let all Ui> ;
PAR1X).V.
157 : Caroline 13, Elen-
borough 170.
D 190. CM.)
I >iing Grace.
OUT of the deeps ol IOO| d
The borden oi despair,
I sent my cries to seek thy grace,
liy rroani to move thine ear.
a
Great God, should thy severer eye,
And thine impartial hand,
Mark and revenge iniquity,
No mortal fksfa could stand.
3
But there are pardons with my God
For (.iimes of high d
Thy Son has bought them with his blood
To draw Us near to thee.
••,
I wait tor thy salvation, Lord,
\\ ah strong desires 1 wait ;
My soul, invited by thy word,
Stands watching at thy gate.]
5
Just as the guards that keep the night
Long for the morning skie-,
Watch the hrst beams of breaking light,
And meet them with their eyes;
6
So waits my soul to see thy gl
And more intent thai
Meets the lirst opening.- ol thy fate,
And finds a brighter day.]
7
[Then in the Lord let Israel trust,
Let Israel seek hi] I
The Lord is good as well as just,
And plenteous is hi* grace.
I
There's full redemption at his throne
For sinners long emtav'd ;
The great Redeemer n his Son,
And Israel shall be
158- Rifpom 1
(Psalm 130. L.M.)
I wVtf Grace.
FROM deep md troubled
thought-,
To thee. d my cries;
If thou - ■ Alts,
No tiesh can stand before thine eyes.
But thou hast built thy throne of grace,
Free to dispense thy pardons there,
That sinners may approach thy face,
And hope and love, as well as fear.
As the benighted pilgrims wait,
And long, and wish for breaking day,
So waits my soul before thy
When will my God his face display
159, 160
SCRIPTURE DOCTRINES. 161, 162, 163
My trust is fix'd upon thy word,
Nor shall I trust thy word in vain :
Let mourning souls address the Lord,
And find relief from all their pain.
5
Great is his love, and large his grace,
Thro' the redemption of his Son :
He turns our feet from sinful ways,
And pardons what our hands have done.
1 59- RylandAS, Eagle Street New 55,
Broderips '252.
(Psalm 32. S.M.)
Forgiveness of Sins upon Confession.
O Blessed souls are they
Whose sins are cover'd o'er!
Divinely blest, to whom the Lord
Imputes their guilt no more.
2
They mourn their follies past,
And keep their hearts with care;
Their lips and lives, without deceit,
Shall prove their faith sincere.
3
While I conceal'd my guilt
I felt the fest'ring wound,
Till 1 confess'd my sins to thee,
And ready pardon found.
4
Let sinners learn to pray,
Let saints keep near the throne;
Our help, in times of deep distress,
Is found in God alone.
160. Crow!e3,Sprague lSo", Exeter 4.
(Psalm 32. CM.)
Free Pardrni and sincere Obedience ; or, Con-
fession and Forgiven? •.
HAPPY the man to whom his God
No more imputes his sin ;
But, wash'd in the Redeemer s blood,
Hath made his garments clean!
2
Happy, beyond expression, he
V\ ho e debts are thus discharg'd ;
And, from the guilty bondage free,
He feels his soul enlarg'd.
3
His spirit hates deceit and lies,
His words are all sincere ;
He guards his heart, he guards his eye;.
To keep his conscience clear.
4
While I my inward guilt supprest,
No quiet could 1 rind;
Thy wrath lay burning in my breast,
And rack'd my tortur'd mind.
5
Then 1 confes 'd my troubled dioughts,
My secret sins reveal'd ;
I hv pardoning grace forgave my faults,
Thy grace my pardon seal'd.
6
This shall invite thy saints to pray;
When, like a raging flood,
Temptations rise, our strength and stay
1> a forgiving God.
J G 1 • Pauls 246, Babylon Streams 23.
(Psalm 32. 2d Part. L.M.)
A guilty Conscience eased by Confession and
Pardon.
WHILE I keep silence, and conceal
My heavy guilt within my heart,
What torments doth my conscience feel!
What agonies of inward smart!
2
I spread my sins before the Lord,
And all my secret faults confess;
Thy gospel speaks a pardoning word,
Thine holy Spirit seals the grace.
3
For this shall every humble soul
Make swift addresses to thy seat;
When floods of huge temptations roll,
There shall they find a blest retreat.
4
How safe beneath thy wings I lie,
When days grow dark, and storms appear!
And when 1 walk, thy watchful eye
Shall guide me safe from every snare.
1 62- Bramcoate 8, Lebanon 79.
(Psalm 32. 1st Part L.M.)
Repentance and free Pardon ; or, Justifica-
tion and Sanctification.
BLEST is the man, for ever bless'd,
Whose guilt is pardon'd by his God,
Whose sins with sorrow are confess'd,
And cover'd with his Saviour's blood.
2
Blest is the man to whom the Lord
Imputes not his iniquities,
He pleads no merit of reward,
And not on works, but grace relies.
3
From guile his heart and lips are free,
His humble joy, his holy fear,
With deep repentance well agree,
And join to prove his faith sinceie.
4
How glorious is that righteousness
That hides- and cancels all his sins!
While a bright evidence of grace
Thro' his whole life appears and shines.
1 ^. Newbury 132, Crowle 3.
(Hymn 85. B.2. CM.)
Sufficiency of Pardon.
WHY does your face, ye humble souls,
I hose mournful colours wear'
What doubts are these that waste youi faid;,
And nourish your despair?
What tho' your numerous sins exceed
is' that fill the skies,
And aiming at in' eternal throne,
Like pointed mountains rise?
What tho' your mighty guilt beyond
The wide creation swell.
And has its curs'd foundations laid
Low as the deeps of hell?
ADOPTION.
166
rre an endless ocean flows
Ol nt-vcr-t.nlin^ in
Behold j dying Saviour's veins,
od increase:
i t drowns the lulls,
'I tun neither shore nor bound i
Now it we search to find oui
Our sins u:i ne'er DC found.
<i
Awake, out hearts, kdore the grace
i fiat buries all our faults,
And pardoning blood thai swells above
Our lollies aiul our thoughts.
164. Eagle ft H.irborough 142.
(Hymn 64. B. 1. S.M.)
..j/;, 1 John lii. 1, fee. Gal. iv. 6.
BFIIOLD what wonderous grace
The lather hath bestow \i
On tuners ol a mortal race,
I 0 call them sons of God !
2
I > surprising thing
1 hat we should DC unknown ;
The Jewish world knew not their King,
• everlasting son.
3
Nor doth it yet appear
ac must be made ;
.uir Saviour here,
We shall be like our bead.
4
A hope so much divine
May trials well endure,
May purge our tools From seme and »in,
A- Chut tne Lord is pure.
5
It in my Father's love
I milt a filial part.
Send down thy s[>uit like a dove
To rest upon my heart.
I
We would no longer lie
Like slaves beneath the throtu ;
I ither, cry,
And thou the kindred own
1G3- ^ Wtkmli 119, Iri.h 171.
(Hymn 14J. B. 1. CM.)
Characters of the Children of God, from
SO new-born babes de-ire the breast
To to. . and thrive ;
So saints with joy the go-pel taste,
And by the gospel live.
[With inward gust theii heart approves
All ttut the word relates ;
• men their lather !ov<.>,
And bate the wotks be hal
[ Not all the flattering baits on earth
Can make them slaves to lust ;
The) can't forget then heavenly birth,
Nor grovel in the dust.
4
Not all the chains that t\ rants use
bind then souls to \ ice;
Faith like a < onquerot ' m\ produce
A thous.md vtctori
[Grace like an uncorrupting seed
Abides and reigns within ;
Immortal prim iples forbid
The sons of God to sin. j
6
[Not by the terrors of a slave
Do they perform his will,
But with the noblest powers they have
His sweet commands fulfil. J
7
They find access at every' hour,
To God within the veil ;
Hence they derive a quickening power,
And jo\s that never fail.
8
O happy souls.' O glorious state
(); overflowing grace!
To dwell so near their Father's scat,
And see his lovely face.
9
Lord, I address thy heavenly throne j
Call me a child of thine,
Send down the Spirit of thy Son
To form mv heart divine,
h/
! thy choicest love? abroad,
And make mj comforts strong :
w ith an unwavering tongue.
CQMMU NIOS WITH GOD.
1 o6- Lemgdon 217, Leeds 19, Ay life
Strut Ml.
(Psalm 23. I.. M.)
God our Shepherd.
Mrpherd is the living Lord ;
Now shall my wans be weUsupply'dj
His providence and holy word
Become my safety and my guide.
In pasture] where salvation grows
He make- me teed, he makes me rest;
There living water gently flows,
And all the food divinely blest.
A
My wandering feet his ways mistake,
But he restores my soul to peace,
And leads me, for his men \ '-
In the fair paths of righteousness.
1
Tho' I walk thro' the gloomy vale,
U here death and all its tenors are,
My heart and hope shall never fail,
Fur God my shepherd's with me there.
167, 168
SCRIPTURE DOCTRINES.
169,170
Amidst the darkness and the deeps
Thou art my comfort, thou my stay ;
Thy staff supports my feeble steps,
Thy rod directs my doubtful way.
6
The sons of earth and sons of hell
Gaze at thy goodness, and repine
To see my table spread so well
With living bread and cheerful wine.
7
[How I rejoice when on mv head
Thy Spirit condescends to rest!
'Tis a divine anointing shed
Like oil of gladness at a feast.
8
Surely the mercies of the Lord
Attend his houshold all their days ;
There will I dwell to hear his word,
To seek his face, and sing his praise.]
167. Stamford 9, Exeter 4.
(Psalm 23. CM.)
The same.
MY shepherd will supply my need,
Jehovah is his name;
In pastures fresh he make? me feed
Beside the living stream.
2
He brings my wandering spirit back,
When I forsake his way* ;
And leads me, for his mercy's sake,
In paths of truth and grace.
When I walk thro' the shades of death,
Thy presence is my stay ;
A word of thy supporting breath
Drives all my feais away.
4
Thy hand, in spite of all my foes,
Doth still my table spread ;
My cup with blessings overflows,
Thine oil anoints my head.
5
The sure provisions of my God
Attend me ail my days;
G may thy house be mine abode,
And all my work be praise!
6
There would I find a settled rest,
(While others go and come)
No more a stranger or a guest,
But like a child at home.
1 68- Finsbury 155, Eagle Street New 55,
Kibivorth '249.
(Psalm 23. S.M.)
The same.
THE Lord my shepherd is,
I shall be well supply'd ;
Since he his mine, and 1 am his,
What can I want beside?
2
He leads me to the place
Where heavenly pasture grows,
Where living waters gently pa.-s,
And fuil salvation flows.
If e'er I go astray,
lie cloth my soul reclaim,
And guides me in his own right way,
For his most holv name.
4
While he affords his aid,
I cannot yield to fear;
Tho' I should walk thro' death's dark shade,
My shepherd's with me there.
5
In spite of all my foes,
Thou dost my table spread ;
My cup with blessings overflows,
And joy exalts my head.
6
The bounties of thy love
Shall crown my following days;
Nor from thy house will I remove,
Nor cease to speak thy praise.
169- Bedford 9 1 , Hammond 226,
Abridge 201.
(Psalm 73. ver. 23—23. 2d Part. CM.)
God our Portion here and hereafter.
GOD my supporter and my hope,
My help for ever near,
Thine arm of mercy held me up
When sinking in despair.
2
Thy counsels, Lord, shall guide my feet
through this dark wilderness;
Thine hand conduct me near thy seat
To dwell before thy face.
3
Were I in heaven without my God,
'T would be no joy to me;
And whilst this earth is my abode,
I long for none but thee.
4
What if the springs of life were broke,
And flesh and heart should faint !
God is my soul's eternal rock,
The strength of every saint.
5
Behold, the sinners that remove
Far from thy presence die;
Not all the idol gods they love
Can save them when they crv.
6
But to draw near to thee, my God,
Shall be my sweet employ ;
My tongue shall sound thy works abroad,
And tell the world my joy.
170- Sprague 166, Braintree 25,
New York 33.
(Hymn 94. B.2. CM.)
God my only Happiness, Psalm lxxiii. 25.
MY God, my portion, and my love,
My everlasting all,
I've none but thee in heaven above,
Or on this earthly ball.
[What empty things are all the skies,
And this inferior clod!
There's nothing here deserves my joys,
There's nothing like my God. J
171
c OMMUNION WITH GOD.
172, 173
[In vaM the bright, the burning sun
light;
Ik am- create ID] noon;
It thou withdraw , lis night.
I
Ami whilst u j •
I
morning with m] soul. J
To li
\ i health, ami -
Thaiw.-. u> thj name
B.u ihej aic not m
;ring wealth,
thee;
Or what* nn -atctv, or in\ health,
. mj friends I
Were I posses-,or or the earth,
Anli .ul\! .
and thyself
a « ict< h undone.
ers itretch their aims like
grasp in all th«
Giant me the visits of tb] race,
And l desire no more.
171. Vtrmmtt U4, Rvland 48, Ifar-
borou,
God all, and in all. Psalm Ixxiii. .':'<.
Ml. an hk-, m
To thee, i<> thee, l caU,
: 1 cannot hve it thou remove,
For thou art all in all.
I
["Thy tbiniag grace can cheer
This d
*J 'is Pamdiae when thou art here,
It thou de| ai .
3
[The smilingi of thy i.ice,
amiable they are '
i to re-t in thme embrace,
And no where eJae but th<
4
ilone,
l he angels owe their bin ;
around thy grauo is ih.rone,
i ell where Je
ill the harps above
Can make a heavenh place,
It God hi move,
O; hut conceal his face.]
6
one delight afl
Without tin pi
Thou art the sea of love,
ill my plea>ui
o where my passion:.
And centre of my soul.
my spun- tly
\\ ith inlimie I
d Caee I he;
e me nlgher']
. ' .; tin's LaneGT.
(Hymn I , B I. ;
- , Delight in
h ;/\
I^AK from my thi i ild, he
let .
.: see,
1 wait a visit, m thee.
My heart grows •
And kindles with a pure da
Come, my deai Jesus, from above,
1 my soul with heavenly love.
3
"The trees of life immortal stand
in nourishing rows at thy right hand,
eet murmurs by their ode
bliss perpetual
I
Haste then, hut with a tmilin |
And spread the table of thy grace:
wn a ta-u- of fruit divine,
er my heart with sacred wine.]
9
What delicious Care!
EI< « sweet thy entertainments ate:
Never di I angel
Redeem I dying love.
6
at ImmanucI, all divine,
In thee ;
.
I'liat c i, known.
IT.'- Bramfato 8, Maris 65, .Wai Sab-
bath 182.
(Hymn hS. B.I. 1
Part th/ Second.
LORD, what aving grace,
Shines thro' thC beauties Of tlr.
And lights our i
Lord, how we love thy charming name!
\\ hen I can lay, my
When I cm reel thy glories shine,
I tria I the world beneath m> feet.
And all that earth calls good orgieat.
$
w bile tut ii a * I joys
Oui raptui I eyes and souls employs,
Here we couM
A long, an cm i lasting day.
10
■
lo the fair ioa-t- at perfect light j
Then -hall oui joyful senses
O'er the dear object or oui .
11
[There shall we rirmk full draughts of bits*,
And pluck new life from heavenly trees:
Yet now and then, dear Loid, bestow
Dl heaven en •■■
'5, 176 SCPIPTUBE DOCTRINES.
177, r
12
Send comforts down from thy right hand,
While we pass thro' this barren land,
And in thy temple let us see
A glimpse of love, a glimpse of thee.]
SASCTIFICATION.
174. Portugal 91, Marks 65, Bram-
coate 8.
(Hymn 132. B. 1. L. M.)
Holiness and Grace, Tit. ii. 10—13.
SO let our lips and lives express
The holy gospel we profess ;
So let our works and virtues shine
To prove the doctrine all divine.
Thus shall we best proclaim abroad
The honours of our Saviour God ;
When the salvation reigns within.
And grace subdues the power of sin.
3
Our flesh and sense must be deny'd,
Passion and envy, lust and pride ;
While justice, temperance, truth and love
Our inward piety approve.
4
Religion bean our spirits up,
While we expect that blessed hope,
The bright appearance of the Lord,
And faith stands leaning on his word.
17 J. Great Milton 212, Newington 61 .
(Hymn 143. B.2. CM.)
Flesh and Spirit.
WHAT different powers of grace and sin
Attend our mortal state !
I hate the thoughts that work within,
And do the woiks I hate.
2
Now I complain, and groan, and die,
While sin and Satan reign :
Now raise my songs of triumph high,
For grace prevails again.
3
So darkness struggles with the light
Till perfect day arise ;
Water and fire maintain the fight
Until the weaker dies.
4
Thus will the flesh and spirit strive,
And vex and break my peace ;
But I shall quit this mortal life,
And sin for ever cease.
1 7 6- Bath Chapel 26, Worksop 3 1 .
(Hymn 104. B. 1. CM.)
A State of Nature and of Grace, 1 Cor. vi.
10, 11.
"^fOT the malicious or profane,
xN The wanton or the proud,
Nor thieve.-, nor slanderers shall obtain
The Idugdoni of our God.
Surprising grace '. And such were we
By nature and by >in,
Heirs of immortal misery,
Unholy and unclean.
3
But we are wash'd in Jesus' blood,
We're pardon'd thro' his name ;
And the good Spirit ot our God
Has sanctity d our frame.
4
O for a persevering power
To keep thy just commands!
We would defile our hearts no more,
No more pollute our hands.
177- S prague 1 66, Bedford 9 1 , Worksop 3 1 .
(H)mn22, 2d Part. CM.)
Flesh and Spirit, Rom. viii. 1.
WHAT vain desires, and passions vain,
Attend this mortal clay !
Oft have they pierc'd my soul with pain,
And drawn my heart astray.
2
How have I wander'd from my God,
And, following sin and shame,
In this vile world of flesh and blood
Defil'd my nobler frame !
3
For ever blessed be thy grace,
That forrn'd my soul anew.
And made it of an heaven-born race,
Thy glory to pursue.
4
My spirit holds perpetual war.
And wrestles and complains;
But views the happy moment near
That shall dissolve its chains.
5
Cheerful in death 1 close my eyes,
To part with every lust ;
And charge my flesh whene'er it rise
To leave them in the dust.
6
My puier spirit shall not fear
To put this body on:
Its tempting powers no more are there,
Its lusts and passions gone?
178- Froom 255, Worksop 31, Char mouth 28.
(Psalm 1]?. 11th Part. CM.)
Breathing after Holiness.
Ver. 5,33.
OTHAT the Lord would guide my ways
To keep his statutes still !
O that my God would grant me grace
To know and do his will !
Ver. 29.
O send thy Spirit down to write
Thy law upon my heart1
Nor let my tongue ind; Igc deceit,
Nor a- 1 the liar's art.
17, 36.
From vanity turn off my e>es:
Let no corrupt design.
Nor covetous desire-
Within this soul of m.ne.
199.180 SANCTIFICATION. PERSEVERANCE. 181,182
Vet .
Order mj footsteps b; thj w ird,
\nd make un Ik
I el mh tare no domin on,
15m keep n>\ cook ien< e i
Ms ioul bath gone loo fai .i>iu>,
lip ;
Tel lince I've no! foi ;ol tl
Restore tin wind* ring sheep.
\ ei
Make me to walk m tin commands,
' i :n .1 delightful road ,
N«>r let m\ head, or lu .ut, oi hands,
Offend against mj I
I -j). Wlmcki
(Hymn 97. B. I. L.M.)
Christ our Wisdom, Righteousness, tic.
l Coi
BURYT) in shadows of the nighl
We He till Christ restores the light ;
Wisdom descends to heal the blind.
And chase the darkness of the mind.
•>
Our guilty K»uli are drown'd in tears
Till his atoning blood appears,
Then we awake from deep distress,
And 5ing, The Lord our Right:
9
Our ven frame is mix'd with sin,
His spirit makes our natures clean ;
Such virtues irom his sufferings flow,
At once to < teaase and pardon too.
4
Jesus beholds where satan reigns,
Binding his slaves in heavy chains;
He sets the j and breaks
'The iron bondage from oui necks.
(Poor helpless worms in thee r>
i i ei and righteousness;
[Thou art our mighty All, and we
Give our whole selves, O Lord, to thee.
180- Aynhoe 108, Jtoi
on 96. B. 1. s. m.)
The soma.
HOW beav] is the night
That banes upon our eyes,
rut w :th his reviving light
Over our SOUfa
Our guilty spirits drea 1
neet the wrath ot Heaven,
But, in his righteousness array'd,
\en.
Unholy and impure
ill our thoughts and ways;
ilis hands infected nature cure
With sanctifying grirba.
4
The powers of hell agn
To hold our souls in vain ;
le sets the sons of bondage ft ee,
And breaks the cursed chain.
. we adore thy ways
To bring u near to God,
•aling grace,
And thine atoning blood.
1 S I. Chormouih 28, Gnm Emu 1 13,
Wantagt 'J01.
(Hymn 90. B.2. CM.)
Faith m Chris/ for Pordm tmd Sanetificatiom
HOW sad our slate i
Out sin how deep il
\ud Satan binds out captive a
I .ist in his slavish chains.
But there's a voice ol sovereign grace
Sounds from the sacred word,
1 Ho. ye despairing sinners, come,
' And trust upon the Lord.1
:$
M\ soul obeys th" almighty call,
And tuns to this n
I would believe thy promise, Lord,
()' help my unbelief.
i
[To the dear fountain of thy blood,
Incarnate God, 1 fly,
Here let me wash my spotted soul
1 nun crimes ot deepest dye.
Stretch out thine arm, victorious King,
Mj reigning sms - ,!
Drive th( ..'Mi his seat,
With all his hellish crew. J
fi
A guilt\, weak, and helpless worm,
On thy kind arms 1 fall :
He thou my strength and righteousD
My Jesus, and my all.
rERiEFERA\CE.
IS.'. V , ' '. ; . Kcdfnrd 9 1 , Irish 171.
[Psalm IIS. CM.)
The Sai*t>S Trial <//// Safety,
UNSHAK1 N -is the sacred hill,
\:id firm as mountains be,
i urn as a ri», k the soul shall I
Ih.u leans. C) Lord, on thee.
Not walls nor hills could guard so well
Old Salem's happy ground,
eternal aims of love
rbateverj saint surround.
3
While tyrants are a smarting scourge
To drive them near to God,
Divine compassion does allay
The fury of the rod.
4
Deal gen;
And lead them safely on
To the bright
W here Ohnst their Lord is gone.
1
1S3, 184
SCRIPTURE DOCTRINES.
IS5, 18(
But if we trace those crooked ways
That the old serpent drew,
The wrath that drove him first to hell
Shall smite his followers too.
1 S3- Eagle Street S'ew 55, Broderips 252.
(Psalm 125. S.M.)
The Saints Trial and Safety ; or, mode-
rated Affliction).
FIRM and unmov'd are they
That rest their souls on God ;
Firm as the mount where David dwelt,
Or where the 3rk abode.
I
As mountains stood to guard
The city's sacred ground,
So God and his almighty love
Embrace his saints around.
J
What tho' the Father's rod
Drop a chastising stroke,
Yet, lest it wound their souls too deep,
Its fury shall be broke.
4
Deal gently, Lord, with those
Whose faith and pious fear,
Whose hope, and love, and every grace
Proclaim their hearts sincere.
5
Nor shall the tyrant's rage
Too long oppress the saint ;
The God of Israel will support
His children lest they faint.
6
But if our slavish fear
Will choose the road to hell,
We must expect our portion there
Where bolder sinners dwell.
184- Mpw Sabbath 122, Marks 65,Leeds 19.
(Psalm 138. L.M.)
Restoring and preserving Grace.
TTT7ITH all my powers of heart and
1_ VV tongue
I'll praise my Maker in my song:
Angels shall hear the notes I raise,
Approve the song, and join the praise.
2
Angels that make thy church their care
Shall witness my devotions there,
While holy zeal directs my eyes
To thy fair temple in the skies.]
3
I'll sing thy truth and mercy, Lord,
I'll sing the wonders of thy word ;
Not ali thy works and names below
So much thy power and glory show.
4
To God I cry'd when troubles rose ;
He heard me, and subdu'd my foes,
He did my rising tears controul,
And strength difYus'd thro' all my soul.
5
The God of heaven maintains his state.
Frowns on the proud and scorns the great ;
But from his throne descends to see
The sons of humble poverty.
Amidst a thousand snares I stand
Upheld and guarded by thy hand;
Thy words my fainting soul revive,
And keep my dying faith alive.
7
Grace will complete what grace begins
T<> save from sorrows or from sins;
The work that wisdom undertakes
Eternal mercy ne'er forsakes.
1 85- Bramcoate 8, Portugal 97, Mark* 65.
(Psalm 97. 3d Part. L.M.)
Grace and Glory.
TW Almighty reigns exalted high
O'er all the earth, o'er all the sky ;
Tho* clouds and darkness veil his feet,
His dwelling is the mercy-seat.
2
O ye that love his holy name.
Hate every work of sin and shame ;
He guards the souls of all his friends,
And from the snares of hell defends.
3
Immortal light and joys unknown
Are for the saints in darkness sown ;
Those glorious seeds shall spring and rise,
And the bright harvest bless our eyes.
4
Rejoice, ye righteous, and record
The sacred honours of the Lord ;
None but the soul that feels bis grace
Can triumph in his holiness.
1 8 6- Silver Street 209, Hopkins 157,
Stockport 47.
(Hymn 51. B.l. S.M.)
Persevering Grace, Jude, ver. 24, 25.
TO God the only wise,
Our Saviour and our King,
Let all the saints below the skies
Their humble praises bring.
'j
Tis his almighty love,
His counsel, and his care,
Preserves us safe from sin and death,
And every hurtful snare.
3
He will present our souls
Unblemish'd and complete,
Before the glory of his face,
With joys divinely great.
4
Then all the chosen seed
Shall mef-t around the throne,
Shall bless the conduct of his grace,
And make his wonders known.
5
To our Redeemer God
Wisdom and power belongs,
Immortal crowns of majesty,
And everlasting songs.
1ST. 1-
SALVATION,
I I CM
:rion.
Soyful sound1
co»ure 10 our can;
I jn balm tor every wound,
A cordial tor our tears,
|
Bury'd in sorrow and in sin,
At hellS dark doOf «
..:i>c by grace divine
E a heaven! v daw
Salvation I lei the echo fly
td<MM earth around.
While all the a'tnies or ihe sty
Conspire to raise the sound.
] 88- Xm-bury 132, CrawU 3.
[Hjmm in. b.i. c
. atia* by OrmtWj Titus RL J— ~.
|*T ORD.wc oaJeatOUf numerous faults,
|_ L^j Hew great our guilt has been !
foolish and vain were all our thoughts,
An 1 all our lives were sin.
feut O, my soul, for ever praise
< r 1 -<\e his name.
ns thv feet from dangerous wj; s
or tolly, sin and •>): .
ks of righteousness
Which our own hands have done ;
pace
Abounding t
4
m rhe men y of our God
That all our hopes I
Tis by the water and the blood
Our souls are wash'd from sin.
5
Tis thr> i>f his death,
;ng upon the tree,
- n to breathe
;H)nes as we.
6
:n the dead we live anew ;
.Ve shall appeal
And see our I
CvmdtsctnsioH 1 16, CLirmomtk 28,
Ami.'
(Hymn 31. B.I. 1st Part. I
CbadatnaaAaj i& 6.
\X' rnal bows the skies
l
k>t rcll
Far downward from the -
To vital every humble soul
With pleasure in hiv e\e>.
Win should ihe Lord that reigns above
m ot low.
I'pon such worthless things'
4
Mortals, be dumb; what Cn...
Dispute i - awful will1
Ask no account of his attains,
But tremble and be sull.
Just like his nature is his grace,
All sovereign and all tree:
Great God, how searchless are (':> ■
How deep thy judgments be
|9& Eramcoati^Lced.: '.
■a 137. B. :. :
S.ik\itionby Grace in Christ, '.'Tim .
N< )W to the power of God supreme
Be everlasting honours given,
He sai e> from bell, we Mess his name)
He calls our wandering feet to heaven.
But of his own abounding jrace,
He works salvation in
And forms a people for his praise.
3
Twas bis • that begun
is grace in Christ h
Before he spii dcy.
4
le^uv the Ion! appears at la<t.
And mattes his Fathers v\rn;
And brings immortal blessings down.
. and in that dreadful night
Did .ili ihe poa
be brought our heaven to' light,
And ;
191. DeAig-
(Psalm S3, fcr.9,fcc 2d Part. L.M.)
S\I \ ATION ■ -r ever nigh
rhe >t the Lord ;
m on high,
Fresh hopes i I >rd.
I 1 truth on earth are met.
Mt down from
By his olvdience. so eoaaplctt .
;>leas'd, and peace is given.
Now truth and honour shall abound,
-well on earth
And heavenly influence bless the ground
In our .- ..go.
192, 193
SCRIPTURE INVITATIONS
19t, 195
His righteousness is gone before
To give us free access to God ;
Our wandering feet shall stray no more,
But mark his steps, and keep the road.
192- Pauls 246, Greens Hundred 89.
(Hymn 4. B.2. L.M.)
Salvation in the Cross.
HERE at thy cross, my dying God,
I lay my soul beneath thy iove,
Beneath the droppings of thy blood,
Jesus, nor shall it e'er remove.
2
Not all that tyrants think or say,
With rage and lightning in their eyes,
Nor hell shall fright my heart away,
Should hell with all its legions rise.
3
Should worlds conspire to drive me thence,
Moveless and firm this heart should lie ;
Resolv'd (for that's my last defence)
If I must perish, there to die.
4
But speak, my Lord, and calm my fear;
Am 1 not safe beneath thy shade !
Thy vengeance will not strike me here,
Nor Satan dares my soul invade.
5
Yes, I'm secure beneath thy blood,
And all my foes shall lose their aim,
Hosanna to my dying God.
And my best honours to his name.
193. Abridge 201, Bedford 91.
(Psalm 69. 3d Part. CM.)
Christ's Obedience and Death ; or, God glori-
Jied, and Sinners saved.
FATHER, I sing thy wonderous grace,
I bless my Saviour's name ;
He bought salvation for the poor,
And bore the sinner's shame.
2
His deep distress has rais'd us high,
His duty and his zeal
Fulfil'd the law which mortals broke,
And finish'd all thy will.
3
His dying groans, his living songs
Shall better please my God,
Than harp or trumpet's solemn sound,
Than goats or bullocks blood.
4
This shall his humble followers see,
And set their hearts at rest ;
They by his death draw near to thee,
And live for ever blest.
5
Let heaven, and all that dwell on high
To God their voices raise,
While lands and seas assist the sky,
And join t' advance the praise.
6
Zion is thine, most holy God ;
Thy Son shall bless her gates ;
And glory purchas'd by his blood
Eor thine own Israel waits.
194- Wrightbridge 92, Sprague 166.
(Hymn 46. B. 1. 1st Part. C. M.J
God Glorious and Sinners saved. Rom. 1. 30.
Chap. v. 8. 9. 1 Pet. iii. 22.
FATHER, how wide thy glories shine;
I low high thy wonders rise !
Known thro' the earth by thousand signs,
By thousand thro' the skies.
2
Those mighty orbs proclaim thy power,
Their motions speak thy skill,
And on the wings of every hour
We read thy patience still.
3
But when we view thy strange design
To save rebellious worms,
Our souls are fill'd with awe divine
To see what God performs.
4
When sinners break the Father's laws,
The dying Son atones;
Oh the dear mysteries of his cross,
The triumph of his groans.
5
Now the full glories of the Lamb
Adorn the heavenly plains;
Sweet cherubs learn lmmanuel's name,
And try their choicest strains.
6
O may I bear some humble part
In that immortal song ;
Wonder and joy shall tune my heart,
And love command my tongue.
SCRIPTURE INVITATIONS AND
PROMISES.
INVITATIONS.
195- Milbourn Port 183, Wiltshire 110.
(Hymn 7. B.I. CM.)
The Invitation of the Gospel ; or, spiritual
Foodand Clothing, Isa. It. 1, kc.
LET every mortal ear attend,
And every heart rejoice,
The trumpet of the gospel sounds
With an inviting voice.
2
Ho, all ye hungry starving souls,
That feed upon the wind,
And vainly strive with earthly toys
To (ill an empty mind,
3
Eternal Wisdom has prepar'd
A soul-reviving feast,
And bids your longing appetites,
The rich provision taste.
4
Ho, ye that pant for living streams,
And pine away and die,
Here you may quench your raging thirst
With springs that never dry.
5
Rivers of love and mercy here
In a rich ocean join ;
Salvation in abundance flows,
Like floods of milk and wine.
I
AND PROMISES.
198, 199
tag and nak>
i rk with might] pain
>wn
That will not hide \our sin,
Come n i your souls
la robes prepare I
by (tic laboui
Ami dj '<i in h^ on n biood.]
-
Dear God, tlr* treasures of thy love
Are cverla-;
- are,
lOdlea as . ur sins.
I"he happy gates of gospel -grace
l>en night and day.
Lord, we are come to seek supplies,
And drive our wants awa\.
196- Portugal 97 , Green's Hundred 99.
na ist. B. i. L.M.)
, or. Humility
C hither all ye weary souls,
Ye heavy laden >inners come,
ct from all jour toils,
And raise you to my heavenly home.
They shall find rest that leain of me;
I'm of a meek and lowly mind ;
•n rages like ;
And pride is resueai as the wind.
3
- the man whose shoulders take
. and bear it with delight;
mi k,
u e shall make the burden light.'
4
come at thy command,
* nh faith and hope and humble /oal
r ipiriti toady hand,
o mould and guide us at thy will.
unify 38, Peckham 7, CaawrntflO.
(Hymn 92. B. 1. S. M.)
hrisi the Wisdom of God, ?rov.\\u. 1.
SHAU Wisdom cry aloud,
Ami not her speech be heard?
i's eternal Word,
it no regard?
' I was his chief delight,
' Hiseverlastir.
before the hr>t of all his works
I Creation was begun.
3
' Before the rh ins clouds,
4 Before the soli I
before the he-ids, before the ftoods
I I dwelt at his right-.
4
' When he adorn'd the skies,
' And built them, 1 was there
n >hould rise,
• And aaaaanl eterj star.
' When he pour'd out the tea,
: ipread the flowing deep,
ree
* in in own bounds to keep]
' Una* tlic empty air
nrth was balanc'd well;
' With jo\ 1 saw the mansion where
KMM of men should dwell.
7
' M> bun thoughts at first
' On their salvation ran,
1 Ere sin was bom, or Adam's dust
' Wai tailuon'd to a man.
8
1 Then come, receive my grace,
' Vt- c bjldren, dnA be wise ;
' Happy the man that keeps my ways ;
' The man that shuns them dies.'
198- PTaaaaaaa Ml, Angels Hymn 60.
; Hymn 93. B. I. L.M.)
Christ, or Wisdom, obeyed or resistedy
Prov. viii. u\ — 36.
THUS saith the wisdom of the Lord,
' Bless 'd is the man that hears my word,
' Keeps daily watch before my sates,
1 And at my feet for mercy waits.
1 The soul that seeks me shall obtain
4 Immortal wealth and heavenly gain;
' Immortal lire is his reward.
' Lne, and the favour of the Lord.
S
' But the vile wretch that flies from me
' Doth his owrt soul an injury ;
.i! against my grace ret>el
keath, and love the road to hell.'
PROMISES.
199- Wareham Ml, Green's Hundreds.
(H)mn 107. B.l. L. M.)
The Fall and Recovery of' Mam; aryCltrt
Satan at Eami/y, Gen. in. 1, 15, 17. Gal.
iv. 4. Col. n. 13.
DECEIV'D by subtil snares af hell
Adam our head, our father fell,
When Satan in the serpent hid
Propo»'d the truit that God forbid.
o
Death w.v the threatening; death began
To take possession of the man ;
His unborn race receivd the wound,
And hea\ v curves smote the ground.
3
But Satan found a worse reward ;
Thus >aith the vengeance of the Lord.
' Let everlasting hatred be
' Betwixt the woman* seed ar..
FJ
;oo
SCRIPTURE PROMISES.
201, 202, 20.
' The woman's seed shall be my Son,
' He shall destroy what thou hast done,
1 Shall break thy 'head, and only feel
' Thy malice raging at his heel.'
5
[He spake ; and bid four thousand years
Roll on ; at length his Son appears ;
Angels with joy descend to earth,
And sing the young Redeemer's birth.
6
Lo, by the sons of hell he dies;
But as he hung 'twixt earth and skies,
He gave their prince a fatal blow,
And triumph'u o'er the powers below.]
200- Newbury 132, Sprague 166.
(Hymn 9. B. 1. CM.)
The Promises of the Covenant of Grace, Isa.
lv. 1, 2. Zech. xiii. 1. Mic. vii. 19. Ezek.
xxxvi. 25, &c.
IN vain we lavish out our lives
To gather empty wind,
The choicest blessing') earth can yield
Will starve a hungry mind.
2
Come, and the Lord shall feed our souls
With more substantial meat,
With such as saints in glory love,
With such as angels eat.
3
Our God will every want supply,
And nil our hearts with peace;
He gives by covenant and by oath
The riches of his grace.
4
Come, and he'll cleanse our spotted souls,
And wash away our stains,
In the dear fountain that his Son
Pour'd from his dying veins.
5
[Our guilt shall vanish all away
Tho' black as hell before ;
Our sins shall sink beneath the sea
And shall be found no more.
6
And lest pollution should o'erspread
Our inward powers again,
His Spirit shall bedew our souls
Like purifying rain.]
Our heart, that flinty stubborn thing,
That terrors cannot move,
That fears no threatenings of his wrath,
Shall be dissolv'd by love :
8
Or he can take the flint away
That would not be refin'd,
And from the treasures of his grace
Bestow a softer mind.
9
There shall his sacred Spirit dwell,
And deep engrave his law,
And every motion of our souls
To swift obedience draw.
10
Thus will he pour salvation down,
And we shall render praise ;
We the dear people of his love,
And He our God of grace.
201- Lebanon 79, Lewton 30, Manning 24;
(Hymn 15. B. 1. L. M.)
Our va-n Weakness, and Christ our Streneth
2 Cor. xii.7,9, 10.
LET me but hear my Saviour say,
' Strength shall be equal to thy day,'
Then 1 rejoice in deep distress,
Leaning on all-sufficient Grace.
2
I glory in infirmity,
That Christ's own power may rest on me ;
When I am weak, then am 1 strong,
Grace is my shield, and Christ mv song
3
I can do all things, or can bear
All sufferings, if my Lord be there ;
Sweet pleasures mingle with the pains,
While his left hand my head sustains.
4
But if the Lord be once withdrawn,
And we attempt the work alone,
When new temptations spring and rise
We find how great our weakness is.
5
[So Sampson, when his hair was lost,
Met the Philistines to his cost,
Shook his vain limbs with sad surprise,
Made feeble fight, and lost his eyes.]
202- Newbury 132, Sprague 166, Evans 19(
(Hymn 32. B. 1. CM.)
Strength from Heaven, Isa. xl. 27—30.
WHENCE do our mournful thougl
arise ?
And where's our courage fled?
Has restless sin and raging hell
Struck all our comforts dead?
2
Have we forgot th' Almighty name
That form'd the earth and sea?
And can an all-creating arm
Grow wearv or decay?
3
Treasures of everlasting might
In our Jehovah dwell;
He gives the conquest to the weak,
And treads dieir foes to hell.
4
Mere mortal power shall fade and die,
And youthful vigour cease;
But we that wait upon the Lord
Shall feel our strength increase.
5
The saints shall mount on eagle's wings.
And taste the promis'd bliss,
Till their unwearied feet arrive
Where perfect pleasure is.
203- Gloucester 12, Horseley 205.
(Hymn 84. B. 1. L.M.)
Salvation, Righteousness, and Strength ;
Chria, Isaiah xlv. 21—25.
Jf.HOVAH speaks, let Israel hear,
Let all the earth rejoice and fear,
While God's eternal Son proclaims
His sovereign honours and his names-.
SCRIPTl'UK PROMISES.
• I am
i the Jusl ;
pretendi i<> shew
' Such justice .iiui salvation too.
■ \e tint in mades oi darkness dwell,
' iu>t on the verge ol death and hell,
* Look up to mi' From distant land*,
lite and heaven ate- in my hands.
4
4 1 bj tny holy name hive m
\ain return.
nc -hall all things bend the knee,
ihall swear to me. |
1 In DM alone ~hall men I
hand righteousness;
1 But such as dare despise ni) name,
1 I'll clothe them with eternal shame.
6
' In me the Lord, shall all the seed
. •! from their >in> he treed,
prove
1 Their interest in mj pardoning I
-
Vtrnt'
(Hymn 85. B. 1. S.M.
The .-lime.
THE Lord on high proclaims
His Godhead from his throne;
.,; .• the names
• Bv which 1 will be known.
lying SOOls that mi
4 In darkness and d
from the borders of the pit
• 1 o in -race.'
Sinners shall hear the sound ;
thankful tongues shal
* Our i ighteousoess and strength i* found
' In thee, the Lord, alone.'
A
In thee ^ha!l Lrael trust,
>ee their guilt forgiven;
will pronounce the sinners just,
And take the saints to heaven.
>. Portugal 91, Ayhft Street ZW.
H;m-i ST. B.l. L.M.)
GodJwelLi icith tit humble and ;
Tutu the High and Lofty One,
• I nil upon my holy thr.
:. 1 dwell on high,
' Dwell in my own eternity.
1 But 1 descend to worlds below,
mansion too,
humble spirit and contrite
' Is an abode ot mv delight.
3
e humble soul my words revive,
the mourning sinner live,
all the broken hearts 1 rind,
. e the sorrows of the mind.
206, 107
•t sin
them know how \ Lie the) ve been ;
ml I mj wrath tor ever smoke
• Their souls would sink beneath m> stroke.'
() may tl
should taint, despair, and die!
I bus shall our better thoughts approve
The methods of thy chastening love.
\ notary 1 32 , Cronvle 3, Ludlmo S4.
(Hymn 195. B.l. CM.)
Chri<r< Comp.is.tinn tn the rceak and tl
tieb.iv. 13, lei. and v. 7. Matt. mi. jo.
WITHjov we meditate the grace
Of our High I'nest ..
HU lu-art is made ot tender
His bowels melt with love.
Tourh'd with a sympathy within
He knows our feeble frame :
He know> what sore temptations mean.
For he has telt the same.
3
But spotless, innocent and pure
The great Redeemer stood,
: ery darts lie bore,
And did resist to blood.
1
He in the days of feeble flesh
Pour'd out nil cries dmi tear?,
And in his measure feels atre>h
What even- membci
5
Hell never quench the smoking flav.
But raise it to a flame;
The bruised reed he never breaks,
Nor scorns the meanest name.]
Then let our humble faith address
Ha mercy and Mi power.
We shall obtain delivering grace
In the distressing hour.
207- Gainsborough 29, Bath Ch.i
Charleston 195.
(Hymn 1^8. B. 1. CM.)
'-• the Hand of Christ, John x. 08,29.
FIRM as the earth thy gospel stands,
NL. I ord, mv hope, my trust ,
If 1 am found in Jesus' hands
Mv soul can ne'er be lost.
•>
His honour is engag'd to save
The meanest ot Ins sheep,
All that his heavenly Father gave
His hands securely keep.
;
Nor death nor hell shall e'er remove
Hi- favourites from hts breast,
In the dear bosom of his love
Thev must for ever rest.
208, 209
SCRIPTURE PROMISES.
210
208- Walsal 231, Bangor <&\.
(Psalm 119. 10th Part. CM.)
Pleading the Promises.
Ver. 38. 49.
BEHOLD thy waiting servant, Lord.
Devoted to thy fear;
Remember and confirm thy word,
For all my hopes are there.
Ver. 41,58, 107.
Hast thou not writ salvation down,
And promis'd quickening grace?
Doth not my heart address thy throne?
And yet thv love delays.
Ver. 123,42.
Mine eyes for thy salvation fail ;
O bear thy servant up ;
Nor let the scoffing lips prevail,
Who dare reproach my hope.
Ver. 49, 74.
Didst thou not raise my faith, O Lord?
Then let thy truth appear:
■Saints shall rejoice in my reward
And trust as well as fear.
209. Liverpool '83, Cambridge Ka$ 74,
Fioom 255.
(Hymn 69. B.2. CM.)
The Faithfulness of God in his Promises.
TIDEGIN, my tongue, some heavenly
Li-) theme,
And speak some boundless thing,
The mighty works, or mightier name
Of our eternal King.
2
Tell of his wonderous faithfulness,
And sound his power abroad,
Sing the sweet promise of his grace,
And the performing God.
3
Proclaim ' salvation from the Lord
' For wretched dying men ;'
His hand has writ the sacred word
With an immortal pen.
4
Engrav'd as in eternal brass
The mighty promise shines ;
Nor can the powers of darkness rase
Those everlasting lines.]
5
IHe that can dash whole worlds to death,
And make them when he please,
He speaks, and that almighty breath
Fulfils his great decrees.
6
His very' word of grace is strong
As that which built the skies,
; he voice that rolls the stars along
Speaks all the promi-.es
He said, ' Let the wide heaven be spread,'
And heaven was stretcrfd abroad ;
1 Abrah'm, I'll be thy God,' he said,
And he was Abrah'm's God.
8
O, might I hear thine heavenly tongue
But whisper, ' Thou art mine'
Those gentle words should raise my song
To notes almost divine.
9
How would my leaping heart rejoice
And think my heaven secure!
I trust the all-creating voice,
And faith desires no more.]
210- Wells 102, Chard 175, Derby 169.
(Hymn 60. B.2. L.M.)
The Truth of God the Promiser ; or, the Pro-
mises our Security.
PRAISE, everlasting praise be paid,
To him that earth's foundations laid ;
Praise to the God whose strong decrees
Sway the creation as he please.
2
Praise to the goodness of the Lord
Who rules his people by his word,
And there as strong as his decrees
He sets his kindest promises.
3
[Firm are the words his prophets give,
Sweet words on which his children live j
Each of them is the voice of God,
Who spoke and spread the skies abroad.
4
Each of them powerful as that sound
That bid the new-made heavens go round j
And stronger than the solid poles
On which the wheel of nature rolls.]
5
Whence then should doubts and fears arise?
Why trickling sorrows drown our eyes ?
Slowly, alas, our mind receives
The comforts that our Maker gives.
6
O for a strong a lasting faith,
To credit what th' Almighty saith!
T' embrace the message of his Son,
And call the joys of heaven our own.
7
Then should the earth's old pillars shake,
And all the wheels of nature break,
Our steady souls should fear no more
Than solid rocks when billows roar.
8
Our everlasting hopes arise
Above the ruinable skies,
Where the eternal Builder reigns.
And his own courts his power sustain-
.
213, 214
ciiim> r
B
211. P :-!d%9.
an 31. B.J. 1
I the Father.
RU. Ill . dreadful God;
; nn humble thought,
■wful feet
.nil fbnaM. thy wisdom sways
All nature with a vu
>obe\s
II of their superior Lord.]
truth unite in one,
hand;
■ guards thv throne,
.-wait- thv (iread command.]
- strong an<l bright
;'>und the glorious D
Pretends comparison with .
S
Yet tlvere is one of human frame,
lood,
iki it do robbery to claim
Lijualitv with '
Their glory shines with equal beams;
Their e- ret ;<ne,
known 1>> diilerent names,
■
I Then let the name of Christ our King
be ador'd ;
: every ango
ill the nations own their Lord.
mptim 213, D
.Hymn'.'. B. 1. I '
The Deitvand Humanity tf Christ, lohn i.
;. Col. i. lo.Eph. in.
ERL die blue heavens were stretch'd
iting was the Word ;
God,
| And must divinely be ador'd.
By his own power were all things made;
' By him supported ail thing*
igels rlv at hi> command.
fell,
•uon who can
>unt the numbers of thy vears')
4
. he leaves those heavenly forms,
and dwells in clay,
I
Mortals with ioy beheld his face,
Mow full or truth' how full of grace*
When thro' his eyes theGodl •
Archangels leave their high abode
D new mysteries here, and tell
et of our descending God,
The glories of Immanuel.
213- Truro 1(T>. Martini Lane 67, Bath
147.
BO 47. B. 2. L. M.)
trace in the P
Nto the Lord a noble song!
Awake. rake, my tongue j
i to th' eternal name,
And all his boundless love proclaim.
re it shines in Jesus' face,
The brightest image of his gr
Go i, in the person of hi
lias ad his mightiest works outdone.
The spacious earth and spreading flood
Proclaim the wise the powerful God ;
And thy 1 1, li gtorica troui afar
Sparkle in even rolling star.
4
But in hi
The Boblest lalxmr of thine hands:
Ouisluii
5
I • harming then
My thoughts rejoice at Jesus' name:
s dwell upon the sound,
Ye heavens, reflect it to the ground !
ti
O, may 1 live to reach the place
\Nhere he unveils his krrel]
Where all his beauties you behold.
And sing his name to haq« of
214. Portugal 91, Ware* n
Bramu
.1. 1st Part. I.M
Christ the etern.il Lift, Rom. tx. 5
J id our God,
Array'd in majesty and blood,
l'hou art our life; our souls in thee
i full felicitv.
All our immortal hopes are laid
In thee our surety and our head ;
-. tin cradle and thy |
Are big with glories vet unknown.
I et Atheist^ » off and Jews hlasplteme
Ih" eternal life and Jehus' name;
thy almighty breath
Dooms the rebellious world to death.
215,216
INCARNATION OF CHRIST.
217, 218
But let my soul for ever lie
Beneath the blessings of thine eye :
'lis heaven on earth, 'tis heaven above
To see thy face and taste thy love.
INCARNATION OF CHRIST.
215- Silver Street 209, Ephraim 185.
(Hymn 3. B. 1. S.M.)
The Nativity of Christ, Luke i. 30, &c.
Luke ii. 10, &c,
BEHOLD, the grace appears,
The promise is fulfill'd ;
Mary the wonderous virgin bears,
And Jesus is the child.
2
[The Lord, the highest God
Calls him his only son ;
He bids him rule the lands abroad,
And gives him David's throne.
3
O'er Jacob shall he reign
With a peculiar sway ;
The nations shall his grace obtain,
His kingdom ne'er decay.]
4
To bring the glorious news
A heavenly form appears ;
He tells the bhepherdi of their joys,
And banishes their fears.
5
' Go, humble swains,' said he,
' To David's city fly;
'The promis'd infant born to-day
' Doth in a manger lie.'
6
' With looks and hearts serene,
'Go visit Christ your King;'
And strait a naming troop was seen ;
The shepherds heard them sing.
7
* Glory to God on high,
' And heavenly peace on earth,
' Good-will to men, to angels joy,
' At the Redeemer's birth!'
8
[In worship so divine
Let saints employ their tongues,
With the celestial hosts we join,
And loud repeat their songs:
9
1 Glory to God on high,
' And heavenly peace on earth,
' Good-will to men, to angels joy,
' At our Redeemer's birth.']
216. Liverpool 83. Missionary 257,
Cambridge New 74.
(Hymn 4. B. 1. 1st Part. CM.)
The Nativity of Christ, Luke ii. 10. &c.
' O HEPHERDS! rejoice, lift up your eyes,
0 ' And send your fears away ;
' News from the regions of the skies,
1 Salvation's born to-day.
' Jesus the God whom angels fear
' Comes down to dwell with you ;
' To day he makes his entrance here,
' But not as monarchs do.
3
' No gold nor purple swadling bands,
' Nor royal shining things ;
' A manger for his cradle stands,
' And holds the King of kings.
4
' Go shepherds where the infant lies,
' And see his humble throne ;
' With tears of joy in all your eyes,
' Go shepherds, kiss the Son.'
5
Thus Gabriel sang, and strait around
The heavenly armies throng,
They tune their harps to lofty sound,
And thus conclude the song.
6
' Glory to God that reigns above,
' Let peace surround the earth;
' Mortals shall know their Maker's love,
' At their Redeemer's birth.'
7
Lord, and shall angels have their songs
And men no tunes to raise?
O may we lose our useless tongues
When they forget to praise.
8
Glory to God that reigns above,
That pitied us forlorn,
We join to sing our Maker's love,
For there's a Saviour born.
217. Derby 169, Wells 102.
(Psalm 97. ver. 6—9. 2d Part. L. M.)
Christ's Incarnation.
THE Lord is come, the heavens proclain
His birth; the nations learn his name
An unknown star directs the road
Of eastern sages to their Gcd.
2
All ye bright armies of the skies,
Go, worship where the Saviour lies:
Angels ana kings before him bow,
Those gods on high, and gods below.
3
Let idols totter to the ground,
And their own worshipper:, confound ;
But Judah shout, but Zion sing,
And earth confess her sovereign King.
218- Gloucester 12, Derby\69.
(Hymn 60. B. 1. L.M.)
The Virgin Mary's Song ; or, the promised
Messiah born, Luke i. 46. &c.
OUR souls shall magnify the Lord,
In God the Saviour we rejoice;
While we repeat the virgin's song,
May the same spirit tune our voice.
2
[The Highest saw her low estate,
And mighty things his hand hath done:
His overshadowing power and grace
Makes her the mother of his Son.
119, INCARNATION OF CHRIST. 221,222,
iv nation call her l>:
And endless jrcan pi me;
But God alone must be .1 :
Hoi] ami reverend b hii name. |
To those thai fear and trust tin- Lord
Mis merq stands foi evei ture:
i- hii promise live*,
And the performance h lecure.
He ipakc to Abra'm and hii
4 in thee shall all the earth be blessM;'
aon of that am lent word
:o his eternal breast
I
But now bo more shall Israel wait,
lie forlorn :
. ns comes,
Behold the promts d teed Is bora I
219. Bramcoate 8, Marks 65.
[Skimm u.». b.j. LM.)
7>/y ss of Christ.
BEHOLD the woman*! prosnit'd seed!
Behold the great Messiah come!
Behold the prophets all agreed
• him the superior room'.
Abra'm the saint rejok'd of old
When visions of the Lord be saw j
the man of God foretold
1; fulfiller of his law.
3
The types hore witness to hi> name,
1 their chief design, and ceased ;
, The incense and the bleeding lamb,
The ark, the altar, an. 1 the priest
;:ons in abundance meet
[son hi> head;
Ic-us, sre worship at tin feet.
And nations own the promis'd seed.
iylift Strat S41, Books 73,
(Hymn 136. B.J. L. M.)
■:les at the Birth of Christ.
THK Kin-; of Glory sends his ><>n
To make his entrance on thi> earth !
Behold the midnight bright as nwn,
And heavenly hosts declare his birth'
About the young Redeemer's head
What wonders and what glories meet!
I An unknown star arose, and led
The eastern sages to his feet.
3
1 and Anna both cor -
The infant-saviour to prot l.r.m;
Inward they felt the sacred hre.
And bless'd the bal>e, and own'd Ins name.
4
Let Jews and Greeks blaspheme aloud,
And treat the holy child with scorn ;
als adore th' eternal God
- undescended to be born.
22 \- Fotleti trn Port 183,
« 109.
(Psalm 98. 8d Part CM.)
Th: Messiah*! Coming and Kingdom.
Ji>\ to the world ; the lord is come ;
Let cut! ' . Df|
Let every heart piepate him room,
And heaven and naiuiesing.
I
Joi to the earth, the Saviour teigiis
1 r( men their songs empi
\\ rule fields and tloods, rocks, hills and
Re|>cat the sounding jov. [plains,
3
let tins and sorrows grow,
N< 1 thorns infeM the ground ;
He conies to make his Messing Mow
rai a> the cuisc is found.
4
He rules the world with truth and grace,
And makes the nations prove
The gloiies ot his righteousness,
And wonders ot his love.
llephzibahTl,
M 109.
(Psalm 96. ver. 1, 10, &c. C. If.)
Christ's First and Second Coming.
SIM, to the Lord, ye distant lands,
Ye tribes ot e\ cry tongue ;
Ills new discover'd grace demand-
A new and nobler song.
2
Say to the nations, Tesui reigns,
■ iwu almighty Son .
His power the sinking world sustains,
And grace surrounds his throne.
3
Let heaven proclaim the joyful day,
Joy through the earth be teen ;
Let cities shine in bright array,
And fields in cheerful green.
I
Let an unusual joy surprise
The islands ot the sea :
Ye mountains sink, ye \ alleys rise,
Prepare the Lord hi-
5
Behold he comes, he comes to bless
The nations as their God ;
To shew the world his rightBOe
And send his truth abroad.
0
But when his voice shall raise the dead,
And bid the world draw near.
How will the guilt] nations dread
To see their Judge appear I
'J J J- CmmttUu R ',• 190,
Irish 171.
(Psalm 97. 1,3,5—7, II. CM.)
Incarnation, and the last judgment.
Yl ihe northern
Rejoice, the saviour reigns ;
. nke tire, prepare- i
And mountains melt to 1
224
LIFE OF CHRIST.
225, 226, 227
1 1 1 s presence sinks the proudest hills,
And makes the vallii
The humble soul enjoys his smiles,
The haughty sinner dies.
3
The heavens hi-, rightful power proclaim ;
'I he idol-fods around
Fill their own worshippers with shame,
And totter to the ground.
4
Adoring angels at his birth
Make the Redeemer known ;
1 bus shall he come to judge the earth,
And angels guard his throne.
5
His foes shall tremble at his sight,
And lulls and seat retire;
His children take their unknown flight,
And leave the world in fire.
(>
1 he seeds of joy and glory sown
For saints in darkness here
Shall rise and spring in worlds unknown,
And a rich harvest bear.
LIFE OF CHRIST.
224. Sprague 166, Newbury 132.
(Hymn 103. B. 2. CM.)
CkrisPi Commission, John iii. 16, 17.
COMK, happy souls, approach your God
With new melodiou
Come, render to almighty grace
The tribute of your tongues.
2
So itrange, SO boundless was the love
That pity'd dying men,
The Father sent hi. equal Son
\e them life again.
:■>
Thy hands, dear Jesus, were not arm'd
\\ id. a revenging rod,
■ i commission to perform
The vengeance of a God.
4
Kut all was mere y, all was mild,
And wrath forsook the throne,
When Christ on the kind errand came,
And brought salvation down.
5
Here, sinners, you may heal your wounds,
And wi]K" your sorrows dry ;
I rust in the mighty Saviours name,
And you shall never die.
6
See, dearest Lord, our willing
Accept thine otfer'o
\Se bless the great Redeemer's love,
And give the Father praise.
225- Suttm 1 19, Rutland 118, Peckham 7.
on 104. B.2. S. If.)
The same.
RAISK your triumphant songs
To an immortal tune,
Let the wide earth resound the deeds
Celestial grace has done.
2
Sing how eternal love
Its chief beloved chose,
And bid him raise our wretched race
From their abj m oi woes.
Ills hand no thunder h'-ars,
Nor terror clothes his brow,
No bolls to drive our guilty souls
To fiercer names below.
1
Twas mercy fill'd the throne,
And wrath stood silent by,
w hen ( hrisl was ^-nt with pardons down
To rebels doom'd to die.
5
Now, -inner-, dry your tears,
Let hopeless sorrow i
Bow to the sceptre of Ids love,
And take the offer'd peace.
0
Lord, we obey thy call;
W e lay an humble ( laim
Uation thou has brought,
And love and praise thy name.
2 . ( - Portugal [ 7, UJver ton 179.
(Hymn 139. B.2. L.M.)
The Example of CM t.
MY dear Redeemer and my Lord,
1 read my duty in thy word,
But in thy life the law apj>ears
Drawn out in living characters.
2
as thy truth, and such thy zeal,
Such deference to thj lather's will,
Such love, and meekness so divine,
I would transcribe and make them mine.
3
Cold mountains and the midnight air
Witness the tenor of thy pravei :
it thy temptations knew,
Thy conflict and thy victory too.
4
Be thou my pattern; make me bear
More of thj gracious image here;
Then God the judge shall own my name
Amongst the followers of the Lamb.
227- Uor:el-y 80S, Wells 102.
(Hymn 112. B. 2. L.M.)
Angeh minislriii? to Chri t and Saints.
GRL.VI God, to what a glorious b
ou advant (I the Lord thy Son'
Angels, in all their robes of light,
Are made the servants of his throne.
SU1 FERINGS OF CHB
J
-•••••■
IlH'NC
»LTKLRING5 A\D DEATH Or
CHRIST.
,<ll their hosts,
mil
: ..nd £uard the Biin-h coasts
\ hen toieign rage m\ades our laud.
I
.r feet
ad.
.ord. when I leave this mortal ground,
I . -halt bid me i
•end a beloved angel down
*ie to conduct my spirit home.
:, Be Jford 91.
7"/k sjnu.
rHF majesty of Solomon !
,i> to behold
ang round his Uuone.
r> and the g
- i had made
lli> entrance on this earth,
: shining arm > downwa.
, To celebrate his birth,
4
nd when oppresVd with pain and fears
On the cold ground i
rhold a heavenly form a]
ur King
d bring
id through their host
>inuer turn j
lost,
orn.
t there's
'sUnaie rebel*
And gather in :
en let the grca
And the last truranet m
iter jot
oubt,
•1 shout,
ud.
i
Chi
1
1 I •- S * Mistain'd thai
-,race,
Q
rethren and !
AbUid the man tha:
While he fulliUM thy holy
Thev hate him, but without a I
J
.ither's house, -ade
' A place tor workup, n-'t for
M itienng all their gold and I
LTg'd the meichants from the
A
Consum'd his life . lood:
Reproaches at thy glory thr
. .aid moarn'u ihcm as his own.]
ends forsook, his followers fled,
While IW* .ind arm> suxrou
And the false judge maintains the wiong.]
And .
■
t ti_>r me.
7
[Wretd
ln>ult !
Gall w.
i
But God beh
The hand that rais'd hira ir> ;
bhali jK>ur the vengeance on
P.iu
I Part. L.M.)
Ckri. .
Dn our heaiu let us re
Lord i
Behold the rising billows roll
.
I
231
SUFFERINGS AND DEATH
232, 233
The pangs of our expiring Lord
The honours of thy law restor'd ;
His sorrows made ihy justice known,
And paid for follies not his own.
5
0 for hU sake our guilt forgive.
And Jet the mourning sinner live;
The Lord will hear us in his name,
Nor shall our hope be turn'd to shame.
231- Eimbormgh H0,IValsal237,
Carolina 13.
(Psalm 69. ver. 1—14. 1st Part. CM.)
The Sufferings of Christ for our Salvation.
' CAVL me, O God, the swelling floods
O ' Break in upon my soul :
' 1 sink, and sorrows o'er my head
' Like might; waters roll.
2
' I cry till all my voice be gone,
' In tears I waste the day :
' My God, behold my longing eyes,
' And shorten thv delay.
3
1 They hate my soul without a cause,
' And still their number grows
' More than the hairs around my head,
' And might) are my foes.
4
' Twas then I paid that dreadful debt
' Thai men could never pay,
' And gave those honours to thy law
' Which sinners took away.'
5
Titus in the great Messiah's name,
The royai prophet mourns;
Thus he awakes our hearts to grief,
And gives us joy bv turns.
6
' Now shall the saints rejoice, and find
' Salvation in m name,
' For I have borne their heavy load
' Of sorrow, pain, and shame.
7
' Grief, like a garment, cloth'd me round,
' And sackcloth was my dress,
' While 1 procur'd for naked souls
' A robe of righteousness.
8
' Amongst my brethren and the Jews
1 1 like a stranger stood,
' And bore their vile reproach, to bring
' The Gentiles near to God.
9
' I came in sinful mortals' stead
' To do my Father's will ;
'Yet when I cleaas'd my Father's house,
' They scandaliz'd mv zeal.
10.
' My fasting and my holy groans
' Were made the drunkard's song;
' But God, from his celestial throne,
• Heard mv complaining tongue.
11
' He sav'd me from the dreadful deep,
' Nor let my soul be drown 'd;
< He rais'd and fix'd my sinking feet
' On well establish \1 ground.
12
' Twas in a most accepted hour
' My prayer arose on high,
' And for my sake my God shall hear
' The dying sinner's cry.'
23 2- Bangor 23 1 , Wantage 204.
(Psalm 69. 14-21, 26, 29, 32. 2d Pt. C If.)
The Passion and Exaltation of Christ.
NOW let our lips with holy fear
And mournful pleasure sing,
The sufferings of our great high priest,
The sorrows of our king.
2
He sinks in floods of deep distress:
How high the waters rise !
While to his heavenly Father's ear
He sends perpetual cries.
3
1 Hear me, O Lord, and save thy son,
' Nor hide thy shining face ;
' Why should thy favorite look like one
' Forsaken of thy grace.
4
' W7ith rage they persecute the man,
'That groans beneath thy wound,
' While for a sacrifice I pour
' My life upon the ground.
5
' They tread my honour to the dust,
' And laugh when 1 complain ;
Their sharp insulting slanders add
' Fresh anguish to my pain.
6
■ All my reproach is known to thee,
' The scandal and the shame ;
; Reproach has broke my bleeding heart,
' And lies defil'd my name.
7
; I look'd for pity, but in vain ;
' My kindred are my grief:
' 1 ask my friends for comfort round,
' But meet with no relief.
8
' With vinegar they mock my thirst ;
' They give me gall for food :
' And sporting with my dying groans,
1 They triumph in mv blood.
9
' Shine into my distressed soul,
' Let thy compassion save ;
' And though my flesh sink down to death,
' Redeem it from the grave.
10
' I shall arise to praise thy name,
' Shall reign in worlds unknown ;
' And thy salvation, O my God,
' Shall' seat me on thy throne.
233. Walsal 237, Bangor 23 1 .
(Psalm 22. ver. 1—16. 1st Part. CM)
The Sufferings and Death of Christ.
' TT,THY lias my God my soul forsook;
VV 'Nor will a smile afford >'
(Thus David once in anguish spoke,
And thus our dying Lord.)
ol CHRIST.
;li> ehael deli fhl todweU
i . well,
iaints.
m trii^tt-tt in tin B
Ami :;icat deliverance found;
Bui I'm .1 w< nn, despis' I ol men,
And trod len to the -round.
4
Shaking I
And laugh mj soul t<> icorn ;
4 h» vain
• \ id tad forlorn. '
But thou art lie who torm'd my Boa
Kv thine almighty v
I
ope i» in the i
o
Win will my Father hide his face,
Whea foes stand threatening round,
ark. I our of ch
And not an hclpei found.
tAVi
Behold thy Darling lett among
ruel and the proud,
As bulls of Bashan BCfce and strong,
As in his roaring load.
8
From earth and hell my sorrows meet
IDC smart ;
tads, they pierce my feet,
All I tl\ to \; •
9
Yet if thy sovereign hand let loose
I be rage Ol earth and hell,
Why will my heavenly Father bruise
well'
10
i be,
Withhold this bmer cup;
But 1 roign my will to ihee,
And drink the sorrows up.
II
Ml heart dhaotvei wah pang< unknown,
In gto.ms Iwaate mj breath j
Thy heavy hand ha> brought me down
Low as the dust of death.
I.'
Father, 1 give my spirit up.
And trust it in thy hand ;
g h>>h shall re>t in hope,
And n>e at thy command.
. IWireh.im 117.
(Hymn 11. B. I l>t Part UM.J
Jtsnsour Surety , 1 Peter i. IS.
Gal. in. U. Kom. h
ADAM our Father and our head
iid iustue doom'd us
• law speaks all despair; <h-ni.
There's no reprieve nor pardon iheie.
But O unutterable g
ics his arms.
i,
And |>a\ its wrongs with he..
\s h.it ui tad paags he buret
OUld ask no m
4
Amazing woik look ,.
• • will: all yw .
rom abucc,
And bow to mis mysterious
5
I.o' they adore th' incarnate son,
And sing the glories lie hath
.. lie orokc OUI
eep he sunk, how high he i
Triumph and re
By all the tiammg hosts ador'd ;
And sa\, dear conqueror, say how long,
Ere we i i iheir song.
iwn a chariot trom above,
\N ith aery wheels, and pav'd with love,
r.h«c us beyoad th' etherial blue,
g< Is do.
235. Tmbridgt 10J, Evans 190, Foster 96.
(Hymn 114. B. 2 CM.)
Chri-rs Death, Victory and Dominion.
I SING my ba\iour"s wonderous death j
IL- conquer'd when he fell:
1 his dying bl
I ^u>ok the gates of hell.
u Immanuel cries,
Thedrei
-:i>e,
His kingdom ts begun.
■
His cross a sure foundation laid
d i renown,
V\ hen ihro' the legions of the dead
lie pass'd to reach the crown.
4
Exalted at his Father's side
ir victorious Lord;
l"o heaven and hell his hands divide
The vengeance or reword.
>
The wints from his propitious eye
Await their st'ccia.
And all the Sons of daikness ily
The terror i I
rreftma l IT, Angels H
Chrisfs All- sufficiency.
their guilt 3:1
\\ h" ha .-god!
H
1 will not taste their su.
Their otlenngs ot forbidden
1 psovides a richer cup.
And nobiei food to h\e u;
He tor mi lite has otl'er'd up
Jesus his best I i
237, 238
INSURRECTION AND
239, 240
His love is my perpetual feast;
By day his counsels guide me right ;
And be his name for ever blest,
H ho gives me sweet advice by night.
4
1 set him still before mine eyes;
At my right-hand he stands prepar'd
To keep my soul from all surprise,
And be my everlasting guard.
RESURRECTION OF CHRIST.
237- James's 163, Bedford 91, Irish 171.
(Psalm 16. 2d Part. CM.)
The Death and Resurrection of Christ.
' T SET the Lord before my face,
JL ' He bears my courage up;
1 My heart, and tongue, their joys express,
' My flesh shall rest in hope.
2
• My spirit, Lord, thou wilt not leave
' Where souls departed are ;
4 Nor quit my body to the grave
4 To see corruption there.
3
' Thou wilt reveal the path of life,
' And raise me to thy throne;
' Thy courts immortal pleasure give,
' Thy presence joys unknown.'
' 4
[Thus in the name of Christ, the Lord,
The holy David sung,
And Providence fulfils the word
Of his prophetic tongue.
Jesus, whom every saint adores,
Was crucify'd and slain ;
Behold the tomb its prey restores,
Behold, he Uvea again!
6
When shall my feet arise and stand
On heaven;s eternal hills?
There sits the Son at God's right-hand,
And there the Father smiles.]
238- Orford 106, Cambridge New 74,
Liverpool 83.
(Hymn 76. B.2. CM.)
The Resurrection and Ascension of Christ.
H OS ANNA to the Prince of Light
That cloth'd himself in clay,
Enter'd the iron gates of death,
And tore the bars away.
2
Death is no more the king of dread
Since our lmmanuel rose,
He took the tyrant's sting away,
And spoil'd our hellish foes.
3
See how the Conqueror mounts aloft,
And to his Father Mies,
With scars of honour in his rlesh.
And triumph in his e\es.
There our exalted Saviour reigns,
And scatters blessings down,
Our Jesus fills the middle seat
Of the celestial throne.
5
[Raise your devotion, mortal tongues,
To reach his bless'd abode ;
Sweet be the accents of your songs
To our incarnate God.
6
Bright angels, strike your loudest strings,
Your sweetest voices raise;
Let heaven, and all created things
Sound our Immanuel's praise. J
239- Gainsborough 29, Tiverton 109.
(Hymn 26. B. 1. CM.)
Hope of Heaven by the Resurrection of Christ,
1 Pet. i. 3—5.
BLESS'D be the everlasting God,
The Father of our Lord,
Be his abounding mercy prais'd,
His majesty ador'd.
2
W hen from the dead he rais'd his Son,
And cali'.i him to the sky,
He gave our souls a lively hope
That they should never die.
3
What tho' our inbred sins require
Our rlesh to see the dust!
Yet as the Lord our Saviour rose
So ail his followers must.
4
There's an inheritance divine
Reserv'd against that day,
Tis uncorrupted, undelil'd,
And cannot waste away.
5
Saints by the power of God are kept
Till the salvation come;
We walk by faith as strangers here
Till Christ shall call us home.
240. Bramcoate 8, Marks 65.
(Hymn 137. B.2. L.M.)
Miracles in the Life, Death, and Resur-
rection of Christ.
BEHOLD the blind their sight receive;
Behold the dead awake and live;
The dumb speak wonders, and the lame
Leap like the hart, and bless his name.
2
Thus doth th' eternal Spirit own
And seal the mission ot the Son;
The Father vindicates his cause
WJiile he hangs bleeding on the cross.
3
He dies ; the heavens in mourning stood ;
He rises, and appears a God ;
Behold the Lord ascending high,
No more to bleed, no more to die.
4
Hence and for ever from my heart
1 bid my doubts and fears depart,
And to those hands my soul resign
Which bear credentials so divine.
ci l , : u
ASCENSION Of CHKIST.
W ! N>IO\ AND l'\ M/IAHON
OF CHRIST.
J ; 1. /<«$<•/, /1>»m 60, Wareham 117.
(Psalm .'. 1
n,\uh, Rftjsfn .ensinn.
"f T riiv did the Jews proclaim the
their powers engage
rhe Romans whj tbeii swords em-
i»i..\
the Lord I
His d'-ar Anohued t«» destroy
I
. let as break his bands,1 the;
' Tin- man ihaU never give us laws;'
And tints the} cast hi- yoke away,
And naiiM the monarch to the
3
But God, who high in glory reigns,
Laughs at their pride, their rage contrcmls;
He'll vea their hearts with inward pain-.,
And speak m thunder to their souls.
4
' 1 will maintain the Kin? 1 made
' on Zion*s everlasting hill,
' My hand shali bring him from the dead,
1 And lie shaii stand wur sovereign still.'
'His wonuerous rising from the earth
Make- his eternal Godhead known;
rhe Lord .k\ lares Ms beavenlj birth,
M my wn.
6
my son, to my right hand,
1 nere thou -halt ask, and 1 bestOW
rhe utm *l b »unds ol heathen lands ;
To thee the northern isles shall bow.']
7
Jul nations that resist his grace
i'iull ta,i ron stroke ;
sail crash his toe- with ease
|Vs pottet ik is broke.
P 1USL /'..v." 246.
Jow, ye that sit on earthly thrones,
;e wise, aim serve the Lord, the Lamb;
low at his feet submit your crowns,
;ejoice and tremble at his name.
9
Vith humble love address the S
e-i he grow angry and
li- :\ rath wil Is unknown,
r ye provoke hit jealousy.
10
•hail drive you quick tojfll,
i. and ye l>ut dus: :
lappy the souls that know him
nd make his grace their only tr
242- ■**•*» 78, Chard
Saints ikvti' in Uiavt . , or, Christ's
rills spacious earth l- ail the Lord*,
And men; and worm-, and
e rai-'d the building on the seas, birds :
nd gave it tor their dwelling-place.
t to #11
4
■'. at world on high,
Thy pa. . sky:
who shall ascend thai blest al
And dwell so near hit maker God '
3
Heth it abhor tin,
v\ hose heai i it pnre, who e hands are clean,
Him -lull the Lord the Saviom
And clothe his soul with i igiiteousness.
4
These are the men, the pious race
That seek the God of |acob*S face;
h ill enjoy the blissful sight,
And dwell in everlasting light.
/)... by |69. I'M SE. Bromley 104.
Rejoice, ye shining worlds on high,
Behold the Kiiii; of glory nigh I
Who can this Kin? ol glory be'
The might v Lord, the Saviour's he.
f,
Ye heavenly gates, your leaves display
I'o make the Lord the Saviour way -.
Laden with spoils from earth and hell,
The conqueror comes with God to dwell.
Kai-'d from the dead he goes before,
He open- heaven's eternal door,
M- mints a blest abode-
Near their Redeemer, and their God.
213- Liverpool 83, Cimhridge AVw74,
Arlington 17.
(Psalm 17. CM.)
Christ ascending and reigning.
O shout of sacred joy
To trod the sovereign King'
Let everj .and their tongues en
And hymns of triumph sing.
'J
ur God ascends on high;
His heavenly guards around
trim rising thro' the sky,
\\ ilh trumpet's jo\ ful sound.
'3
While angels shout and praise their King,
let m irtals learn their strains;
Let all the earth his honours sing;
O'er all the earth he reigns,.
Rehearse his praise with awe profound,
Let knowledge lea
Nor mock him with a -olemu sound
L'pon a thoughtless tongue.
5
'. ins ancient throne,
He lov'd that chosen i
rid in- own,
. heathens taste his gn
6
The British islands are the Lord's,
Abraham's God is known,
While powers ami princes, shields and
Submit before his throne. swords
G 3
244, 245
ASCENSION AND EXALTATION
24 G, 247
244. Derby 169, Wells 102.
(Psalm 68. ver. 17, 18. 2d Part. L.M.)
Chris fs Ascension, and the Gift of the Spirit.
LORD, when thou didst ascend on high,
Ten thousand angels hll'd the sky ;
Those heavenly guards around thee wait,
Like chariots that attend thy state.
2
Not Sinai's mountain could appear
More glorious when the Lord was there ;
While he pronounc'd his dreadful law,
And struck the chosen tribes with awe.
3
How bright the triumph none can tell,
When the rebellious powers of hell
That thousand souls had captive made,
Were all in chains like captives led.
4
Rais'd by his Father to the throne,
lie sent the prornis'd Spirit down,
With gifts and grace for rebel men,
That God might dwell on earth again.
245- Eagle Street New 55, Simons 250.
(Hymn 141. B. 1. S.M.)
The Humiliation and Exaltation of Christ.
Isaiah Hii. 1—5, 10—12.
WHO has believ'd thy word,
Or thy salvation known .'
Reveal thine arm, almighty Lord,
And gtorify thy Son.
2
The Jews esteemed him here
Too mean for their belief:
Sorrows his chief acquaintance were,
And his companion, grief.
3
They turn'd their eyes away,
And treated him with scorn;
But 'twas their grief upon him lay,
Their sorrows he has borne.
4
Twas for the stubborn Jews,
And Gentiles then unknown,
The God of justice pleas'd to bruise
His best beloved Son.
5
• But I'll prolong his days,
' And make his kingdom stand,
' My pleasure, (saith the God of grace)
• Shall prosper in his hand.
6
[' His joyful soul shall see
' The purchase of his pain,
1 And by his knowledge justify
' The guilty sons of men.]
7
[' Ten thousand captive slaves,
• Rcleas'd from death and sin,
' Shall quit their prisons and their graves,
' And own his power divine.]
8
[' Heaven shall advance my Son
' To joys that earth deny'd ;
' Who saw the follies men had done,
1 And bore their sins, and dy'd.']
2 1 6- Aynhoe 108, Broderip's 252.
(Hymn 142. B.l. S.M.)
The same, Isaiah liii. 6—9, 12.
LIKE sheep we went astray,
And broke the fold of God,
Eac h wandering in a different way,
But all the downward road.
2
How dreadful was the hour
When God our wanderings laid,
And did at once his vengeance pour
Upon the Shepherd's head!
3
How glorious was the grace
When Christ sustain'd the stroke !
His life and blood the Shepherd pays
A ransom for the flock.
4
His honour and his breath
Were taken both away;
Join'd with the wicked in his death,
And made as vile as they.
5
But God shall raise his head
O'er all the sons of men,
And make him see a numerous seed
To recompense his pain.
' I'll give him, (saith the Lord)
' A portion with the strong;
' He shall posess a large reward,
' And hold his honours long.'
247- Wareham 117, Derby 169.
(Hymn 37. B.l. 1st Part. L.M.)
Christ's Humiliation,Exaltation,andTriumph,
Phil ii. 8, 9. Mark xv. 20, 24, 29. Col. ii. 15.
THE mighty frame of glorious grace,
That brightest monument of praise,
That e'er the God of love design 'd,
Employs and lills my labouring mind.
2
Begin, my soul, the heavenly song,
A burden for an angel's tongue,
When Gabriel sounds these awful things,
He tunes and summons all his strings.
3
Proclaim inimitable love,
Jesus the Lord of worlds above
Puts off the beams of bright array,
And veils the God in mortal clay.
4
What black reproach deril'd his name
When with our sins lie took our shame!
lie whom adoring angels blest
Is made the impious rebels jest.
5
He that distributes crowns and thrones
Hangs on a tree and bleeds and groans,
The prince of life resigns his breath,
The King of Glory bows to death.
6
But see the wonders of his power,
lie triumphs in his dying hour ;
And, while by Satan's rage he fell,
He dash'd the rising hopes of hell.
()1 CHRIST.
lu'd,
And ria was drowned in |esui' blood;
Thus he arose and rei
And conquers tinners bj ha lovsj.
8
u ho dull fulfil this boundlei
The theme surmounts an angeli tongue ;
How low. how win, t
when Gabriel's noblei harp des|
'J |S. I .rial 3.
I 14. B. 1. 1st l'art
Ckrisfi tying, ri
Matt wml.
50, 57. \w in. t> I
Hthe friend of dmeti dies!
m\ daughters weep around,
n i tUrkneai veils the skies,
en trembling shakes the ground.
I
. >jiih>, ami drop a tear or two
:i'>an'd beneath your load .-
He died a thousand drops Mr um,
A thousand drop? oi richer W
1 love andgriel beyood degree,
glory das tor men !
see,
Jesus the dead revives
A
The tomb in v i ise ;
Cherubic legions guard nun home.
• tout him welcome to the -kies.
Break oil your fears, i tell
How high our great -.'is
-
And led the monster death in chains.
(i
Then i
tod, ' Where's thy vicl g grave.1
U 174.
Cft,
Now tor a tune oi loft] ; :
equal Son!
hath done.
2
Sing how he test the worlds ot" light
And the bright robe> he vt
joyful was his ttight
On wing> ot everlastin
[Down to this base, this sinful earth
Me came to raise our nature high;
lie came t'atoiu almight] «rath;
Jesus the God was born to die. J
4
illell and its liens roar' 1 ar
blood the mi
\ , press'd him down,
Deep m I 'oomy death
I'h' almighty Captive prisoner lay,
lir almight) Captive left the earth,
And lose to everlasting du\ .
6
Lift up your c ligbt,
I'p to his throne ot shining u
See what iinm ■.
Round the sweet beauties of his face.
7
i thousand harps and songs
U^us the God exalted :
1 name tills all then tongues.
And echoes thro" the heavenly plain,!
'J50- Oiford 106, Liverpool S3, Evans's l'.'O
(Psalm 8. CM.)
Christ's Condescension and Glorificatkn ; or,
uvd made Man.
OLord, our Lord, how wonderous great
Be exalied name!
The glories of thy heavenly state
Let men and babes proclaim.
behold thy works on high,
The moon that rules the n
Those moving worlds of light ;
3
ill his race,
That thou shouldNt vi-it him with grace,
And love his nature so'
4
That thine eternal Son should bear
To take a mortal form,
lower than !ti> angels are,
ve a dying worm !
5
[Yel while he liv'd on earth unknown.
And men would not adore,
>wn
lli> Godhead and his power.
6
The w.i i beneath his ,
And fish, at !
Bring their 1 1 I'cter's net,
uibute to his hand.
7
•r glories of i
Shone thro' the fleshly cloud ,
: him on his thione.
And men confess him God. ]
8
Let him be crown 'd with m.i
bowHJ his head to death;
is honours sounded high,
By all things that have breath.
jr Lord, how wonderous great
Is thine exalted name1
iries of thy heavenly state
Lei the whole eatth proclaim.
259, 260
INTERCESSION.
261, 26 J
[How jarring and how low
Are all the notes we sing!
Sweet Saviour, tune our songs anew,
And they shall please the King.]
259. Sprague 166, Croncle% Ham-
mond 226.
(Hymn 37. B. 2. CM.)
The same.
LIFT up your eyes to th' heavenly seats
Where your Redeemer stays ;
Kind Intercessor, there he sits,
And loves, and pleads, and prays.
Twas well, my soul, he dy'd for thee,
And shed his vital blood,
Appeas 'd stern justice on the tree,
And then arose to God.
3
Petitions now and praise may rise,
And saints their offerings bring,
The prieit with his own lacrifice
Presents them to the King.
4
[Let papists trust what names they please,
Their saints and angels boast ;
We've no such advocates as these,
Nor pray to th' heavenly host.]
5
Jesus alone shall bear my cries
Do to his father's throng
He. dearest Lord! perfumes my sighs,
And sweetens everv groan,
o
[Ten thousand praises to the King,
Hosanna in the Highest;
Ten thousand thanki our spirits bring
To God and to his Christ.]
260. Braintree 25, York 33.
(Hymn 145. B. 1. CM.)
Christ and Aaron,
Taken from Heb. vii. and ix.
IESUS, in thee our eyes behold
A thousand glories more
Than the rich genr- and polish'd gold
The sons of Aaron wore.
2
They first their own burnt-offerings brought
To purge themselves from sin ;
Thy life was pure without a spot,
And all thv nature clean.
3
[Fre^h blood as constant as the day
W a, on their altar spilt;
But thy one offering takes away
For ever all our guilt.]
4
Their priesthood ran thro' several hands,
For mortal was their race;
Thy never-changing office stands
Eternal as thy days.]
5
[Once in the circuit of a year
W ittl blood, but not his own,
Aaron within the veil appears
Before the golden throne;
But Christ by his own powerful blood
Ascends above the skies,
And in the presence of our God
Shews his own sacrifice.]
7
Jesus, the King of Glory, reigns
On Sion's heavenly hill,
Looks like a lamb that hai been slain,
And wears his priesthood still.
8
He ever lives to intercede
Before his Father's face ;
Give him, my soul, thy cause to plead,
Nor doubt the Father's grace.
26 ! • Wittons 33, Bath Chapel 26.
(Hymn 12. B.2. CM.)
Christ is the Substance of the Levitical
Priesthood.
THE true Me»siah now appears,
The types are all withdrawn ;
So fly the shadows and the stars
Before the rising dawn.
2
No smoking sweets, nor bleeding lambs,
Nor kid, nor bullock slain,
Incense and spice of costly names
Would all be burnt in vain.
3
Aaron must lay his robes away,
Wis mitre an/i Wj y«t,
When God hirmelf comes down to be
The offering and the priest.
4
He took our mortal flesh to show
The wonders of his love ;
For us he paid his life below,
And pravs for us above.
5
' Father, (he cries) forgive their sins,
' For I myself have dy'd,'
And then he ihews his open'd veins,
And pleads his wounded side.
£62- Aynhoe 108, Simons 250.
(Psalm 2. S M.I Translated according to
the divine pattern, Acts iv. 24, Vic.
Christ dying, rising, interceding andreigning.
r~\ ^"AKER and sovereign Lord
L1V1 Of heaven, and earth, and seas,
Thy providence confirms thy word,
And answers thv decrees.
2 .
The things so long foretold
By David are fulrilfd,
When Jews and Gentiles join'd to slay
Jems, thine holy child.]
3
Why did the Gentiles rage,
And Jews with one accord
Bend all their counsels to destroy
Th' anointed of the Lord !
4
Rulers and kings agree
To form a vain design ;
Against the Lord their powers unite,
Against his Christ they join.
OF CHRIST.
The 'heir rage,
\iul will support hil thn >ue;
the dead
I'.M
\ml .is'^ lo rale the earth;
The merit or his Wo
And pleads hit heavenly birth.
He Mk%
up- remotest ends
His kingdom shall advance.
The nations that rebel
Mu-t feel iu> iron rod;
ndicate those- boooui
Which he recerv'd froea God.
9
[Be wi»c, ye rulers, now,
\nd Worship at Ills l
With trembling joy, ye peopl
exalted v>n.
10
If OUCe his wrath .1
1 e )H-n-h on the p
■-sot is the soul that (lies
For refuge to hu grace.]
. James's 163, Cawtbt
(Psalm .\ CM.)
The same.
\\ '"MY did the nations join to sttj
\ \ Ihe Lord's anointe.i -
I they ea-t ha laws j«.n,
I tread his gospel down !
rd that rftl above the skies
Derides then rage below,
11 icaki a ith vengeance in his eyes,
-nkes their spirits through.
3
1 I call him my eternal
: raise him from the dead;
• my holy hill his throne,
wide his kingdom spread.
• v
5 n, and then enjoy
1 The utmost heathen lands :
* Thv rod of iron shall
1 I he rebel that withstands.'
Be a isc, ye rulers of the earth,
Obey oV anointed '
Adore the King of heavenly birth,
And tremble at hi- a
6
With humble love address his throne,
For if he frown, ye die:
are secure, and those alone.
Who on his grace rely.
C1I iND OFFICES OF
CHRIST.
169, Bromley 104.
(Hymn 1J. B. 1. Lift.)
The Son of God incarnate ; or, the Titles and
the Kingdom iff Ckrht, l -a i\. I
THE lands that long in darkness lay
Now have beheld a heavenly light;
Nations that sat 111 death's cold shade
Are blest with beams divinely bright.
The virgin's promtsM >on ii born,
Behold th' expected child appear;
What shall his names or tnK--
l'he Wonderful, the Counsellor.
.5
int is the mighty God
Come to be suckled and ador" 1 ;
I h' eternal Father, 1'iinee of Peace,
1 of David, and his Lord.
4
v-rnment of earth and —as
Upon his shoulders shall be lai i ,
His wide dominions shall increase,
And honouis to his name be paid.
9
Jesus the holy child shall sit
'"IV,
Shall crush his foes l>eneath h.
And reign to a^es yet nuke
3 Oxf.r.l 177, Great Milton
[Hymn ...J. 8,9. CM.)
The Offices of Christ.
E bless the Prophet of the Lord,
W
rhai comes with truth and grace;
lesus, thy -spin; and tin word
Shall lea i us in thy ways.
We reverence our High Priest above,
\\ bo oiler 'd up his blood,
And lives to carry on 1
Bv pleading with our God.
We honour our exalted King,
How rweet are his commands:
He guards our souls from hell and sin
Bv his almighty ban
4
Hosanna to his glorious name.
Who saves by different ••••
His mercies laj a sotercigu claim
To our immortal praise.
so* 79.
(Hymn 146. B. I. I
Char.:, m inani-
■
GO. worship at Imm mutt teet,
See in his face what wonder* meet;
v to e\ press
r-.h, his glory, or his grace.
266
CHARACTERS AND
261, 25$
[The whole creation can afford
But some faint shadows of my Lord :
Nature to make his beauties known
Must mingle colours not her own.]
3
[Is he compar'd to -wine or bread?
Dear Lord, our souls would thus be fed ;
That flesh, that dying blood of thine,
Is bread of life, is heavenly wine, j
4
[Is he a tree f The world receives
Salvation from his healing leaves:
That righteous branch, that fruitful bough,
Is David's root and offspring too.]
5
[Is he a rose ? Not Sharon yields
Such fragrancy in all her fields:
Or if the lily he assume,
The vallies bless the rich perfume.]
fi
[Is lie a vine? His heavenly root
Supplies the boughs with life and fruit:
0 let a lasting union join
My soul the branch to Christ the vine!]
7
[Is he the head? Each member lives,
And owns the vital powers he gives ;
The saints below, and saints above,
Join'd by his Spirit and his love.]
8
[Is he z fountain ? There I bathe,
And heal the plague of sin and death ;
These waters all my soul renew,
And cleanse my spotted garments too.]
9
[Is he zfire? He'll purge my dross,
But the true gold sustains no loss;
Like a refiner shall he sit,
And tread the refuse with his feet.]
10
[Is he a rock ? How firm he proves !
The rock of ages never moves ;
Yet the sweet streams that from him flow
Attend us all the desert thro'.]
11
[Is he a -way ? He leads to God,
The path is drawn in lines of blood ;
There would I walk with hope and zeal,
Till I arrive at Sion's hill.]
12
[Is he a door ? I'll enter in ;
Behold the pastures large and green,
A paradise divinely fair,
None but the sheep have freedom there.]
13
[Is he design 'd a corner-stone,
For men to build their heaven upon?
I'll make him my foundation too,
Nor fear the plots of hell below.]
14
[Is he a temple ? I adoie
Th' indwelling majesty and power;
And still to this most holy place,
Whene'er I pray, 1 turn my face.]
13
[Is he a star? He breaks the night,
Piercing the shades with dawning light;
1 know his glories from afar,
J know the bright, the morning-star.]
16
[Ti
[Is he a sun ? His beams are grace,
His course is joy, and righteousness;
Nations rejoice when he appears
To chase their clouds, and dry their tears.
17
O let me climb those higher skies.
Where storms and darkness never rise!
There he displays his powers abroad,
And shines, and reigns th' incarnate God.]
18
Nor earth, nor seas, nor sun, nor s^ars,
Nor heaven his full resemblance bears;
His beauties we can never trace,
Till we behold him face to face.
267- Ay life Street 241, Redemption 243.
(Hymn 147. B. 1. L. M.)
The Names and Titles of Christ, from
several Scriptures.
from the treasures of his word
borrow titles for my Lord ;
Nor art, nor nature can supply
Sufficient forms of majesty.
9
Bright image of the Father's face,
Shining with undiminish'd rays ;
Th' eternal God's eternal Son,
The heir, and partner of his throne.]
3
The King of kings, the Lord most High,
Writes his own name upon his thigh :
He wears a garment dipp'd in blood,
And breaks the nations with his rod.
4
Where grace can neither melt nor move
The Lamb resents his injur'd love,
Awakes his wrath without delay,
And Judah's Lion tears the prey.
5
But when for works of peace he comes,
\\ hat winning titles he assumes!
Light of the world, and Life of men ;
Nor bears those characters in vain.
6
With tender pity in his heart
He acts the Mediator's part;
A friend and brother he appears
And well fulfils the names he wears.
7
At length the Judge his throne ascends,
Divides the rebels from his friends,
And saints in full fruition prove
His rich variety of love.
268- Resurrection 72, Darwell 82.
(Hymn 148. B.l. as the 148th Psalm. )
The same.
TTT7ITH cheerful voice I sing
L W The title, of my Lord,
And borrow all the names
Of honour from his word :
Nature and art
Can ne'er supply
Sufficient forms
Of majesty.
269
OFFICES OF CHRIST.
1 1 1- Father's gloi o
Miiini
w ith mild ind lovt
I h' eternal (
Eternal Son
Inherit! and
Partakes die throne.]
! i. ■ soverej '.•?.>•,
w . iu-> in- on n name
ment and his thigh .-
Ha name b callM
Tki H
He rules tlic i- .u tl\
W uli nun rod.
4J
Whore promises and pace
Can neither melt noi move,
The angry lui/nb resents
The injuries of his lore ;
ies lii- wrath
W ithOUl (hlay,
A- lions ru.tr
Ami tear the prey.
S
Rut when for works of peace
i he great S'f. /■■■■.■. ,i cosnetj
w hat gentle characters,
\\ hat titles he assumes 1
Light of the .
en ;
a ill he bear
.ones in vain.
Immense i ompassion reigns
In our Ifmmanmft heart,
w hen he descends to ait
Hater's part:
He i
And brithtt too;
DHrinet) kind,
Divinely true.
7
A t length the Lord the Judge
Hi- awful throne ascends,
And drives
From favourites and friends :
Then shall the UintS
Completely prove
pths
Martin's Lam 173.
(Hymn 1 to. 1.1. J
The (ifficts of Christ from several Scriptures.
JOIN all the names of love and power
That ever men oi
All are too men
Or set Ir.
But o what condescending
He takes to teach his beaventj grace!
- with joy and wondc i tee
What form* ot love he bean for me.
With his i ommission in his hands,
sent from his Path rr's milder throne
l'o make the great salvation known.]
V
[Great Prophet, let me bless thy name ;
By thee the joyful rid
04 wrath appeas'd, ol nns fbi riven,
01 hell lubdu'd, and peace with heaven.]
[My bright example, and m\
1 would be walking near tin
() let me never run a-liay,
Not follow the forbidden way1]
6
[I love my shepherd, he shall keep
M) wandering soul among his sheep:
lie feeds his nock, he i alls their names,
And in his hosom hears the Iambs.]
7
. ■ undertakes my cause,
Answering hi- Father's broken laws;
Behold my soul at freedom - i ,
M) Surety paid the dreadful debt. ]
B
Jems my great High-Pr'uH has dy'd,
l seek no sacrifice beside j
His blood did once for all atone,
And now it pleads before the throne.]
9
Mj idvocati appears on high,
Ither lay> his thunder 1>\ ;
Not all thai earth or hell can
Shall turn my father's heart away.]
10
•or, and my King,
Ihv sceptre and thy sword 1 singj
Thine is the VW tory. and I -it
A joyful subject at thy feet]
II
) Aspire, my soid, to glorious deed-,
ids;
March on, nor fear to win the day,
Tho' death and hell obstruct the way.]
I*
should death, and hell, and powers un-
Fut all their forms of mist hief on, [known,
I shall be sale ; for Christ displays
Salvation in mure sovereign
?70> Carmc
Grox
II) inn 1J0. B. 1. as the 148th Psalm.)
The same.
JOIN all the glorious names
Ot u . .nd power,
t n at ever mortals knew,
That angels ever 1
B too mean
■A his worth,
M . f amour forth.
o
But O what gentle term-,
What con 1 —< ending wars
Doth our Redeemer use
lu teach his heavenly grace l
11
270
ADDRESSES TO CHRIST.
271
Mine eyes with joy
And wonder sec
What forms of love
He bears for me.
3
[Array'd in mortal flesh
lie like an angel stands,
And holds the promises
And pardons in his hands:
Commission'd from
His Father's throne
To make his grace
To mortals known.]
4
[Great prophet of my God,
5.1 y tongue would bless thy name;
By thee the joyful news
Of our salvation came;
The joyful news
Of sins forgiven,
Ofhellsubdud,
And peace with heaven.]
[Be thou my counsellor,
My pattern and my guide ;
And thro' this desert land
Still keep me near thy side:
O let my feet
Ne'er run astray,
Nor rove, nor seek
The crooked way.]
6
[I love my Shepherd's voice,
His watchful eyes shall keep
My wandering soul among
The thousands of his sheep :
He feeds his flock,
He calls their names,
His bosom bears
The tender lambs.]
7
[To this dear Surety's hand
Will I commit my cause ;
He answers and fulfils
His Father's broken laws:
Behold my soul
A t freedom set !
Mv Suretv paid
The dreadful debt.]
8
[Jesus my great High-Priest
Offer'd his blood and dy'd ;
My guilty conscience seeks
No sacrifice beside:
His powerful blood
Did once atone ;
And now it pleads
Before the throne.]
9
[My Advocate appears
For my defence on high,
The father bows his ear,
And lays his thunder by:
Not all that hell
Or sin can i»y
Shall turn his heart,
His love away.]
10
[My dear almighty Lord,
My cotijiieror and my king,
Thy sceptre, and thy sword,
Thy reigning grace I sing :
Thine is the power;
Behold 1 sit
In willing bonds
Before thy feet.]
11
[Now let my soul arise,
And tread the tempter down;
My Captain leads me forth
To conquest and a crown.
A feeble saint
Shall win the day,
Tho' death and hell
Obstiuct the way.]
12
Should all the hosts of death.
And powers of hell unknown,
Put their most dreadful forms
Of rage and mischief on ;
I shall be safe,
For Christ displays
Superior power,
And guardian-grace.
ADDRESSES TO CHRIST.
27 1. Devizes 14, Otford 106,
Hammond 226.
(Hymn 62. B. 1. CM.)
Christ Jesus, the Lamb of God, icor shipped by
all the Creation, Rev. v. 11— 13.
COME let us join our cheerful songs
With angels round the throne;
Ten thousand thousand are their tongues,
But all their joys are one.
<2
' Worthy the Lamb that dy'd,' they cry,
' To be exalted thus:'
' Worthy the Lamb,' our lips reply,
' For he was slain for us.'
3
Jesus is worthy to receive
Honour and power divine ;
And blessings more than we can give,
Be, Lord, for ever thine.
4
Let all that dwell above the sky,
And air, and earth, and seas,
Conspire to lift thy glories high,
And speak thine endless praise.
5
The whole creation join in one
To bless the sacred name
Of him that sits upon the throne,
And to adore the Lamb.
ADDRESSES TO U1RI>'1.
(Hymn O.J. B. 1. 1
. -dilation arui Exaltation,
Rev.
WHAT equal boa< U -hall we bring
To thee, CJ Lord our t.od, the Lamb,
When all the notes that angels Mng
Arc tar inferiof to th\
Worths i- he that otuc was slam,
ut groanHl and dy'd,
Worth] to rise, ami frre, and reign
might) Fathers bide.
tad dominion arc his due,
Who >tood londemn'd at Pilate's bar:
W lyiom belong
Tho' he was clurg'd with madness here.
4
All riches are his native right,
Yet he sustam'd aina/.
To him ascribe eternal might,
Who left bn weakness on the cross.
5
Honour immortal mu>t be ;
Instead of scandal and Of scorn :
While glory juan around his head,
And a bright crown without a thorn.
6
Blessings for ever on the Lamb,
W ho (nire the curse tor wretched men :
I Let angels sound his sacred name,
| And e\ery cicature say, Amen.
. IHa| \1\, Cambridge Sew' \.
nn 1 B. 1. C
I neve Song to the 1 lain,
Res
BFHOLD the glories of the Lamb
: his Father's throne:
Prepare new honours tor his name,
And songs before unknown.
2
Let elders worship at his feet,
The church adore around.
With vials full of odour* sweet,
And harps of sweeter sound.
J
Those are the prayers of the saint?,
And these the hymns they rai*e :
- kind to our complaints,
He loves to hear our
Eternal Father, who shall look
Into thy secret will'
Who but the -«on should take that book
And open (
5
He shall fulfil thy great decrees,
- n deserves it well ;
Lo, in his hand the sovereign ken
Of heaven, and death, and hell !]
6
Sow to the Lamb that once was slain
Be endless blessings paid ;
ialvatioa, glory,
ever on thy head.
Thou hast redeemed our souls with blood,
l ia-t tei the priaaaei
Hast made us kings and priests to Cod,
And we shall reign with thee.
The worlds of nature and of grace
put beneath thy po-.i
Then shorten these delaying
And bring the promis'd hour.
11 ::. B i . B.l. L. M.)
A Vi.i M (J the Lirn!\ Rev. v. 6—9.
ALL mortal vanities, be gone,
•i tire mine ears,
Behold amidst th' eternal throne
A vision of the iamb appears.
Glory his fleecy robe
Mark'd with the bloody death he bore;
Seven are Ins eyes, and seven his 1
To speak his wisdom and his power.
3
Lo, he receives a sealed book
From him that sits upon the throne :
Jesus, my Lord, prevails to look
On dark decrees, and things unknown.]
4
All the assembling saints around
Fall worshipping l>efore the Iamb,
And in new songs of gospel-sound
Address their honours to his i
[The joy, the shout, the harmony
' \\ orthy art thou alone' the
' To read the book, to loose the ieals.']
6
Our voices join the heavenly
And with transporting pieasu
4 \\ orthy the Lamb that once was slain,
* To lie our teacher and our i
7
1 1 a wank of prophecy reveal
Eternal court*
His gTace and vengeance shall fulfil
ctul and the dreadful lines.
8
Thou hast redeem'd our souls from hell
With thine invaluable blood;
And wretches that did once rebel
Are now made tavorues of their God.
Worthy for ever is the Lord,
That dy'd for treasons not his own,
By every tongue to be a
And dwell upon his father's throne.
an 49. B. l. C
l ud the Ltimb,
Rev. i
H.'ng thine arm is, mi°hty God
would not fear thy I
>. r e •
\\ ho would not love the I .
11 •
276, 277
ADDRESSES TO CHRIST.
27 6
He has done more than Moses did,
Our Prophet and our King;
From bonds of hell he freed our souls,
And taught our lip
3
In the Red sea by Moses' hand
Th' Egyptian host was drown'd ;
But his own blood hides all our sins,
And guilt no more is found.
4
When thro' the desert brae! went,
With manna they were fed ;
Our Lord invites tu to his flesh,
And calls it living bread.
'•held the promis'd !?nd,
Yet never reacn'd the place;
But Christ shall bring his followers home
To see his Father's face.
6
Then shall our love and joy be full,
And feel a warmer flame,
An i nreeter voices tune the song
Of Mose5 and the Lamb.
276- Chard 175, Derby 169, Redemption 2 43.
(Hymn 21. B.2. L. M.)
A Song of Praijt to God the Redeemer.
LET the old heathens tUQe their song
Of great Diana and of Jove ;
Bat the sweet theme that moves my tongue
Is my Redeemer and his love.
2
Behold a God descends and dies
:ny soul from gaping hell ;
How the black gulph where Satan lies
Yawn'd to receive me when 1 fell!
3
How justice frown'd and vengeance stood
To drive me down to endless pain !
But the great Son propos'd his blood,
And heavenly wrath grew mild again.
4
Infinite Lover, gracious Lord,
To thee be endless honours given ;
Thy wonderous name shall be ador'd,
Bound the wide earth, and wider heaven.
277- Tunbridge 103, Abridge 201,
Char mouth 2b.
(Hymn 79. B.2. CM.)
Praise to the Redeemer.
PLUSG'D in a gulph of dark despair
We wretched sinners lay,
\S ithout one cheerful beam of hope,
Or spark of glimmering day.
With pitying eyes, the Prince of Grace
Beheld our helpless grief,
He saw, and (O amazing love;)
He ran to our relief.
Down from the shining seats above
With joyful haste he tied,
Erner'd the grave in mortal flesh,
And dweit among the dead.
4
il'd the powers of darkness thu=,
And brake our iron i
Je>us has freed our captive souls
From everlasting pains.
5
[In vain the baffled prince of hell
His cursed projects trie-,
We that were doom'd his endless slaves
Are rais'd above the skies.]
G
O for this love, let rocks and hills
Their lasting silence break,
And all harmonious human tongues
The Saviour's praises speak.
7
Tes, we will prai.e thee, dearest Lord,
lis are all on flame,
Hosanna round the spacious earth
To thine adored name.
8
Angels, assist our mighthy joys,
Strike all your harps of gold ;
But when you raise your highest notes
His love can ne'er be told.j
278- Hot ham 224, Truro 105, Ulventon 179.
(Hymn;,. B.2. L.M.)
Ijonging to praise Christ better.
LORD, when my thoughts with wonder
roll
O'er the sharp sorrows of thy soul,
And read my Maker's broken laws
Repair'd and honour'd by thy cross;
2
When I behold death, hell and sin,
Vanquish'd by that dear blood of thine,
And see the man that groan'd and dy'd
Sit glorious by his Father's side;
3
My passions rise and soar above,
I'm wing'd with faith, and lir'd with love;
Fain would I reach eternal things,
And learn the notes tiiat Gabriel sings.
4
But my heart fails, my tongue complains,
For want of tl.eir immortal strains ;
And in such humble notes as these
Must fall below thy victories.
5
Well, the kind minute must appear
When we si. ail leave these bodies here,
■ id mount on hi^h
lojoin the songs auove the »k>.
s
THE [NFLUENCES AM) GRACES OF
THE SPIRIT*.
r« 117, Grtrn
.Ilium III. B.9. I .11
. irit ; or, the 8*
GREAT was the da . :reat,
\\ ben the divine disciples met ;
Whibt on iheii head- the Spirit came,
And sat like tongue* of cloven tlaine.
Wli.it gitts, what mira. .
And power to kill, and power to save !
Furnish 'd their tongues with wonderous
Instead of shields, and spears, and swords.
Thus arm'd, he sent the champions forth
From east to west, ban mm to north;
Go, tnd iTioart uu<,
i the mwerv of nb CTOM.'
4
ru o\ the holy war,
; almighty toree the\ are
To make our stuhhorn pa-sion- how,
the proudest ttbel low i
5
iNations, the learned and the rude,
esc heavenly arm> subdu'd;
.in raees at hi> lots.
lAnd hates the doctrine of the cross.
6
Kin? of grace, m\ heart subdue,
i he led in triumph too,
(A willing captive to m
i .. tones ot his word.
FAITH.
.uHsboroush 29, ln.h 171.
,ll;mn 140. B.l. C. If.
A living and a dead Faith ; col:-
jrom several Scrij::
MISTAKEN >oui>' that dream of heaven
make their empty boast
ir inward joy*, and rina forgiven,
While thev'are slaves to lust.
,'ain are our fancies, airy flights,
If faith he cold tnd
•• er unites
: 1st the living head.
Tis faith that changes all the heart,
Til faith that works b\ love,
hat bids all sinful joys depart,
And lifts the thoughts above.
4
ris faith that conquers earth and hell
By a celestial power;
his is the grace that shall prevail
In the decisive hour.
and Tempers are placed
DCC, by luokmg at the head oi the page.
; Faith must obej her Father's will
.\s weii .in trust ha . •
A pardoning Cod isjealoUs still
lor hu own hi
i>
When from the curse he sets us free,
He makes our natl
Noi would he send his Son to be
1 he minister of sin.
7
III- Spirit purities our frame,
And seals our peace with God;
k-sus, and his salvation,
By water and by blood.J
.. Milton 21C, James's 1G3.
(Hymn U'2. B. 1. CM.)
The Brazen Serpent ; or, looking to Jesus,
John in. 14 — 1(1.
SO did the Hebrew prophet raise
The brazen serine high.
Hie wounded felt immediate case,
1 he camp forbore to die.
','
ipwtrd in the dying hour,
I ihrey the prophet crie* ;
But Christ perform! a nobler cure
W ben Faith lifts up her c
3
Huh on the cross the Saviour hung,
High on the heavens he rei
Here sinners by th' old ser]>etit stung
Look, and forget their pawis.
4
When God's own Son is lifted up,
ne world resi\t.N,
The Jew beholds the glorious ho|>e,
Th' expiring Gentile lives.
Worixwrtk 156, Stoi-
Lowell 260.
(Hymn 143. B. .'. S. M.)
. h in Christ our Sacrijice.
NOT all the blood of beasts
On Jewish akars slain
Could give the guilty conscience peace.
Or wash jwai lite slain.
But Christ the heavenly Lamb
• .ill our :ins away;
:. e of nobler name
And richer blood than thev.
3
ith would lav her hand
On that dear head of thine,
While like a penitent I stand
And there confess my sin.
alphabetical! ya for the sake of lindiQg them it
II J
283, 284, 285 INFLUENCES OF THE SPIKIT. 286, 287, 288
My soul looks back to see
The burdens thou didst bear
When hanging on the cursed tree,
And hopes her guilt was there.
Believing we rejoice
To see the curse remove ;
We bless the Lamb with cheerful voice,
And sing his bleeding love.
283. Ulverston 179, Babylon Streams 23.
(Hymn 100. B. 1. L.M.)
Believe and be saved, John iii. 16—18.
NOT to condemn the sons of men
Did Chrut, the Son of God, appear;
No weapons in his hands are seen,
No framing sword, nor thunder there.
2
Such was the pity of our God,
He lov-d the race of man so well,
He sent his Son to bear our load
O; sins, and save our souls from hell.
3
Sinners, believe the Saviour's word,
Trust in his mighty name and live ;
A thousand joys his lips afford,
His hands a thousand blessings give.
4
But vengeance and damnation lies
On rebels who refuse the grace ;
Who God's eternal Son despise
The hottest hell shall be their place.
284- Bampton 275, Kingsbridge 88.
(Hymn 35. B. 1. 1st Part. L.M.)
Faith the Way to Salvation, Rom. i. 16.
'Lph. li. 8, 9.
NOT by the laws of innocence
Can Adam's son* arrive at heaven;
New works can give us no pretence
To have our ancient sins forgiven.
2
Not the best deeds that we have done
Can make a wounded conscience whole ;
Faith is the grace, and faith alone,
That flies to Christ and saves the soul.
3
Lord, I believe thy heavenly word,
Fain would I ha\e my soul renew'd;
I mourn for sin, and trust the Lord
To have it pardon'd^and subdu'd.
O ma' thy grace its power display,
Let guilt 'and death no longer reign ;
Save me in thine appointed way,
Nor let my humble faith be vain.
285- Angels Hymn 60, Babylon Streams 23.
(Hymn 125. B.2. L. M.)
Faith and Repentance ; Unbelief and
Impenitence.
LIFE and immortal joys are given
To souls that mourn the sins they've
done,
Children of wrath made heirs of heaven
By faith in God's eternal Son.
Wo to the wretch that never felt
The inward pangs of pious grief,
But adds to all his crying guilt
The stubborn sin of unbelief.
3
The law condemns the rebel dead,
Uodei the wrath of God he lies,
He seals the curse on his own head,
And with a double vengeance dies.
286- Bath Chapel 26, New York 33.
(Hymn 120. B. 1. CM.)
Faith of Things unseen,Ueb. xi. 1, 3, 8, 10.
FA ITH is the brightest evidence
Of things beyond our sight,
Breaks thro' the clouds of flesh and sense,
And dwells in hea%enlv light.
2
It sets times past in present view,
Brings distant prospects home,
Of things a thousand years ago,
Or thousand vears to come.
3
By faith we know the worlds were made
By God's almighty word;
Abra'm, to unknown countries led,
By faith obey'd the Lord.
4
He sought a city fair and high,
Built by th' eternal hands;
And faith assures us, tho' we die,
That heavenly building stands.
287- Wells 102, Lewton 30, Leeds 19.
(Hymn 129. B. 1. L.M.)
We walk by Faith not by Sight.
TIS by the faith of joys to come
We walk thro' deserts dark as night;
Till we arrive at heaven our home,
Faith is our guide, and faith our light.
2
The want of sight she well supplies,
She makes the ]>early gates ap|>ear;
Far into distant worlds she pries,
And brings eiernal glories near.
3
Cheerful we tread the desert thro',
While faith inspires a heavenly ray,
Tno' lions roar, and tempests blow,
And rocks and dangers till the way.
4
So Abra'm by divine command
Left his own house to walk with God ;
His faith beheld the promis'd land,
And iird his zeal along the road.
288- Braintree 25 , Bedford 9 1 .
(Hymn 162. B.2. CM.)
Meditation of Heaven ; or, the Joy of Faith.
MY thoughts surmount these lower skies
And look within the veil;
Tht- re springs of endless pleasure rise,
The waters never fail.
1 EAR AND lloi'K.
2D \t2V2
And >t i i \ t'.i> sight
on God's incarnau
inn,
art ;
He binds my nam urn,
teaJb ii on lu> heart.
4
ire the pains thai nature tniugs,
II m ih irl o ;i ioi rowi ace
« ith eu ni.ll future things
esent we compare !
1 would HOI be a ^tr.m
Iwell
N< ar my Redeemei
'JSi*- Rdi'-mf-Ilon :V>, Bremcoati 8.
(Hymn 14. B. I. I .M.]
The Trim ntkaage-
. . . :• l . \.\
Woudemn?
God tlui justifies theii ^>uls,
And mercj Ii ream
O'er all then MM divii.ch iolls.
Ige the taints to hell!
: i»t that suffered in their n
An. I the
Behold him rising from the dead.
Helivi
i
love'
i should tempi
1
Shall persecution, or ■
Famuu .
He that hath lov'd us .
rs too.
Faith hatli an overcoming p
It triumphs in the dying hour;
I I our life, our io>. our hope,
we smk with audi a prop.
i : tli ran d >,
vers below,
to remove,
tir love.
hope.
i 91, Bright htlm-
ihn 119. l Sth Part. CM.)
\'er. 10.
WI1 ii my whole besul I've sought thy
O let i'. [face,
ace,
Ver. 11.
Tin word I've hid within my heait
ho k
And be a.i everlasting
From every rising tin.
■
fear an l love the 1
. my nature faints
When men transgress thy *
61, 16 I.
While tinners d
ii it standi in I
My soul abhors a bin- I
But loves tin r
\ ei. II
M] heart with sa e hears
The threatnkigs of thy word :
with holy trembling tears
The judgments of the
Ver. 166, 174.
' k>Og, 1 hope, I wait
1 .'i tSs salvation still ;
While thy whole law i> my delight,
And 1 obey thy will.
59 I- Sit ' . ' 'tsof 31, Car>
(Psalm 4.'. 1—5. 1st Part. I
faint of Absence
fr hip.
ATTi; :ings of the mind,
> \ M;, t. .; to ti.-H i look ,
- the hunted hart to find
And taste the cooling brook.
When shall 1 see thy courts of grace,
And m d .i^ain'
.ice from thy face
My heart endure* with pain.
3
! empti
past ;
nnult- Without coutroul,
' And where's vour C>od at
4
Tis with a mournful pleasure now
1 think on ancient di
IT.cn iv» thy h.u.-r did numbers go,
And all our work was praue.
But why, my soul, sunk down so far
Beneath tin
Why to my thoughts indulge despair,
And sin against m t
n the Lord, whose mighty hand
Can all thj woes remove ;
I or 1 ->hall vet before him M I
And sing restoring love.
r/w»40.
, l\jhr.
■ choly Thoughts reproied ; or, Hop*
in Afflictions.
But 1 « mind,
my God was kind.
293
INFLUENCES OF THE SPIRIT.
294, 295
Huge troubles, with tumultuous noise,
Swell like a sea, and round me spread;
Thy water-spouts drown all my joys,
And rising waves roll oer my head.
3
Yet will the Lord command his love,
When I address his throne by day,
Nor in the night his grace remove;
The night shall hear me sing and pray.
4
I'll cast myself before his feet,
And say, ' My God, my heavenly rock,
' Why cloth thy love so long forget
' The soul that groan»i>eneath thy stroke?'
I'll chide my heart that sinks so low,
Why should my soul indulge her grief?
Hope in the Lord, and praise him too,
He is my rest, my sure relief.
6
Thy light and truth shall guide me still,
Thy word shall my best thoughts employ,
And lead me to thine heavenly hill,
My God, my most exceeding joy.
293- Elenborough 170, WalsalQJl,
Ludlow 8L
i Psalm 77. 1st Part. CM.)
Melancholy assaulting, and Hope prevailing .
TO God I cry'd with mourn/ul voice,
I sought his gracious ear,
In the sad day when troubles rose,
And filPd the night with fear.
2
Sad were my clays, and dark my nights,
My soul refus'd relief;
I thought on God the just and wise,
But thoughts increas'd my grief.
3
Still I complain'd, and still opprest,
My heart began to break ;
My God, thy wrath forbid my rest
And kept my eyes awake.
4
My overwelming sorrows grew
Till I could speak no more;
Then I within myself withdrew,
AndcalPd thy judgments o'er.
5
1 call'd back years and ancient times,
When I beheld thy face ;
My spirit search'd for secret crimes
Tliat might withhold thy grace.
6
I call'd thy mercies to my mind
Which I enjoy'd before;
And will the Lord no more be kind?
His face appear no more ?
7
Will he for ever cast me off?
His promise ever fail?
Has he forgot his tender love '
Shall anger still prevail ?
8
But I forbid this hopeless thought,
This dark despairing frame,
Rememb'ring what thy hand hath wrought ;
Thy hand is still the same.
I'll think again of all thy ways,
And talk thy wonders o'er;
Thy wonders of recovering grace,
W hen flesh could hope no more.
10
Grace dwells with justice on the throne ;
And men that love thy word
Have in thy sanctuary known
The counsels of the Lord.
294- Newbury 132, -M>'a//240.
(Psalm 3. CM.)
Doubts and Fears supprest ; or, God our
Defence from Sin and Satan.
MY God, how many are my fears!
How fast my foes increase !
Conspiring my eternal death,
They break my present peace.
2
The lying tempter would persuade
There's no relief in heaven ;
And all my swelling sins appear
Too big to be forgiven.
3
But thou, my glory and my strength,
Shalt on the tempter tread,
Shalt silence all my threatening guilt,
And raise my drooping head.
4
[I cry'd, and from his holy hill
He bow'd a listening ear,
I call'd my Father, and my God,
And he subdu'd my fear.
5
He shed soft slumbers on mine eyes,
In spite of all my foes;
I 'woke, and wonder'd at the grace
That guarded my repose.]
6
What tho' the hosts of death and hell
All arm'd against me stood,
Terrors no more shall shake my soul,
My refuge is my God.
7
Arise, O Lord, fulfil thy grace,
While I thy glory sing :
My God has broke the serpent's teeth,
And death has lost his sting.
8
Salvation to the Lord belongs,
His arm alone can save :
Blessings attend thy people here,
AncLreach beyond the grave.
295- S prague 166.
(Hymn 34. B. 1. 2d Part*. CM.)
None excluded fromHope, Rom.i.16. lCor.i.24.
JhSUS, thy blessings are not few,
Nor is thy gospel weak ;
ihy grace can melt the stuoborn Jew,
And bow th' aspiring Greek.
2
Wide as the reach of Satan's rage
Doth thy salvation flow ;
Tis not confin'd to sex or age,
The lofty or the low.
♦ sott.— in one edition, the chief part of this
Hymn is numbered 36.
HUMILITY. JOY AND REJOICING. 298,29$
i offer'd to the prince,
their snare ;
u.ii h.i> .1 just pretence
I'n perish in despair.
: ii ot strength an 1 wit,
\nr boast your native powen i
ubmit,
And glorj -; i
■ me,
m your ionh anew :
spel ami his heart have room
l nr rebels sii' h as you.
6
trine a almighty love;
l here's virtue in in- name
.:n th<- raven to a dove,
The lam to a lamb.
HUMILITY.
■",rhr,:'n„ n9,Porhigai91.
(Iljmn LSI. H 1. l.M.)
The Pkaristt and the Publican,
Lake tvili. 10, &<
BEHOLD how tinners disagree,
The Publican and Pharisee!
One doth his righteousness proclaim,
The other owns lu> guilt and shame.
This man at humble distance stands,
I e with lifted hands:
'I hat bold I) ti-es near the throne,
And la!'.* ot duties he has done.
J
The I ord their different language knows,
.And dull rent answei ■
The humble soul with grace he crowns,
Whilst on the proud hi> anger frowns.
4
ier, lei me never be
join'd with the boasting Pharisee;
1 have no meiits oi m own,
But plead the sufferings ol tl
. I .r mouth '>$, Bright-
he bint
n 131. C M.)
Humility and Sub''.
Ii- ambition in my heart '
kUght) part '
:. I ap|ical to tl
I
1 charge mj thoughts, be humble still,
\ -.1 all m] i arriage mild,
it, mi Father, with thy will,
lid.
The patient soul, the lowly mind
shall have a laige reward:
faithful Lord.
JOl \M> REJOICING.
tlslOttGkmt w»117.
L. M.)
Rejoicing in God ; .ind
Triumph.
JUST are tit] waj . .nu\ true thj word,
Great
the Lord'
(>i Where's a refuge like our God?
<)
Tis he that girds me with his might,
Q his holy sword to wield;
And while with sin and hell i
Spreads h r my shield.
3
He lives (and blessed be my rock •)
ition lives,
I he dark designs <>t hell arc broke ;
sweet is the peace mj Father gives.
I
Before the scofl
I will exalt mj Fathei
Nor tremble at their might]
Bat meet reproach, an! bear tile shame.
To David .\n I In- royal seed
e for evei .-hail extend j
Thy love to saints in Christ their head
Know, not a limit, nor an I
' '.7rrco,ite8.
ii mo :-. B.2. L.M.J
Tie PUasnrtJ rfa g
LORD, ■ id Mesa'd are thev
pardon'd sm1
ormi of wrath shake earth .-.
Their minds have heaven and peace with iu.
The da] » o'er their heads,
Made up of in I ive;
■ and silent as the shades
Their nightly minutes
[Quick as their thoughts their joys come on,
But tl\ not ha> ■
Their souls are noon,
And calm as rammer evenings be.
4
How oft they look to ih' heavenly hills,
where groves <>t living pleasure gi
ind cheerful smiles
Sit undisturb'd upon their brow.]
r>
rn to seek our gold ffl
But spend tl - • the night
In numbering o'er tin
That heaven prepares for their delight.
6
While wreti bed we, like worms and moles
Lie grovelling in the dust below :
Almighi
II aspire to gloi
300, 3o;
INFLUENCES OF THE SPIRIT.
302
300- New York 33, Braintree 25.
(Hymn 73. B.2. CM.)
Doubts scattered ; or, spiritual Joy
restored.
HENCE from my soul, sad thoughts, be
And leave me to my joys, [gone,
My tongue shall triumph in my God,
And make a joyful noise.
2
Darkness and doubts had veil'd my mind,
And drown'd my head in tears,
Till sovereign grace with shining rays
Dispell 'd my gloomy fears.
3
O what immortal joys I felt,
And raptures all divine,
When Jesus told me, I was his,
And my Beloved mine.
4
In vain the tempter frights my soul,
And breaks my peace in vain ,
One glimpse, dear Saviour, of thy face,
Revives my joys again.
301- Brighthelmstone 208, Bedford 91.
(Hymn 59. B.2. CM.)
Paradise on Earth.
GLORY to God that walks the sky,
And sends his blessings through,
That tells his saints of joys on high,
And gives a taste below.
2
[Glory to God that stoops his throne
That dust and worms may see't,
And brings a glimpse of glory down
Around his sacred feet.
3
When Christ, with all his graces crown'd,
Sheds his kind beams abroad,
'Tis a young heaven on earthly ground,
And glory in the bud.
4
A blooming Paradise of joy
In this wild desert springs;
And every sense 1 straight employ
On sweet celestial things.
5
White lilies all around appear,
And each his glory shows;
The rose of Sharon blossoms here,
The fairest nower that blows.
6
Cheerful I feast on heavenly fruit,
And drink the pleasures down,
Pleasures that flow hard by the foot
Of the eternal throne.]
7
But ah! how soon my joys decay!
How soon my sins arise,
And snatch the heavenly scene away
From these lamenting eyes'
When shall the time, dear Jesus, when
The shining day appear,
That I shall leave' those clouds of sin,
And guilt and darkness here!
9
Up to the fields above the skies
M) hasty feet would go,
There everlasting flowers arise,
And joys unwithering grow.
302- Mansfield 154, Finsbury 155,
Stockport 47.
(Hymn 30. B.2. S.M.)
Heavenly Joy on Earth.
rf^lOME, we that love the Lord,
\_\^s And let our joys be known j
Join in a song with sweet accord,
And thus surround the throne.
2
The sorrows of the mind
Be banish'd from the place !
Religion never was design'd
To make our pleasures less.
Let those refuse to sing
That never knew our God,
But favorites of the heavenly King
May speak their joys abroad.
4
[The God that rules on high,
And thunders when he please,
That rides upon the stormy sky,
And manages the seas ;]
5
This awful God is ours,
Our Father and our love,
He shall send down his heavenly powers
To carrv us above.
6
There we shall see his face,
And never, never sin ;
There from the rivers of his grace
Drink endless pleasures in.
7
Yes, and before we rise
To that immortal state,
The thoughts of such amazing bliss
Should constantjoys create.
8
[The men of grace have found
Glory begun below,
Celestial fruits on earthly ground
From faith and hope may grow.]
9
The hill of Sion yields
A thousand sacred sweets,
Before we reach the heavenly fields,
Or walk the golden streets.
10
Then let our songs abound,
And every tear be dry ;
We're marching thro' lmmanuel's ground
To fairer worlds on high.]
KNOWLEDGE. LIBERALITY.
305, 306
KNOWLEDGE.
i irborough I j 2,
Gosp< ■•
P-alm ;.vM.'
WHERE -hall the man be found
That fear.- V offend bis G
lores the gospel's joyful sound,
And trembles at the rod >.
The Lord shall make him know
i his heart,
The wooden Oi hit covenant show,
And all hi* love impart
The dealings of his hand
Are truth and mercy siill
\\ ill: such as to liis covenant stand,
And love to do his will.
i
Their souls shall dwell at ease
their Makers race,
Their seel shall taste the promises
In their extensive grace.
304. Bedford^] , Worksop 3 1 .
(Psalm 119. 9th Part. CM.)
• Knmiledge ; or, the Teachings of the
Spirit with th
THY mercies fill the earth, O Lord,
How good thy works appear!
Open mine eyes to read thy word,
And see thy wonders there.
My heart was fa-luon*d by thy hand,
■nice w tin due:
O make thy servant understand
The duties he must do.
Vet. 19.
' Since I'm a stranger here below,
Let not thy path be hid ;
But mark the road my feet should go,
And be my constant guide.
When I confess 'd my wandering «
Thou heardst my soul complain ;
Grant me tl thj grace,
Or 1 shall stra\ a- tin.
If God to me his statutes shew,
ivenh truth impait,
I His work for evei I'll pursue,
Hi- law shall rule my heart.
".71.
imfort when 1 bore
\ anety of grief;
It made me learn thy word the more,
And fly to that relief.
Vet
[In vain the proud deride mc now ;
I'll ne'er forget thy law.
Nor let that blessed gospel go
Whence all my hopes 1 diaw.
7, 171.
When I have learn 'd my lather's will,
I'll teach the world hiswa\-,
M> thankful lips inspired wid
shall loud pronounce mt praise. J
UBERAUT1
.. Great Mi/ton 2\2, Xszvbury 132.
i Psalm 37. ver. Hi, '21,26-31. 2d Part. CM.)
Charity to the Poor ; or, Religion in Words
and Deeds.
WHY do the wealthy wicked boast,
And grow profanely bold?
The meanest portion of the just
b the sinner's ^'old.
2
The wicked borrows of his friends,
But ne'er designs to pa] ;
. lit is merciful and lends,
Noi twins the poor away.
3
Hi- alms with liberal heart he gives
Amongst the son- of need ;
Hi- memory to long ages live.-,
And blessed is lus seed.
4
Hi- lips abhor to ialk prophane,
I'o slander or defraud;
His ready tongue declares to men
\N hat he has leain'd of God.
5
The law and gospel of the Lord
Deep in his heart abide ;
Led by the spirit and the word,
His feet shall never slide.
6
When sinners fall, the righteous stand,
Pre-er\' 1 from every snare;
They shall possess the promts 'd land,
And dwell for ever there.
306- Bramcoate 8, Kingsbridge 8S,
Portugal 97.
(Psalm 41. ver. 1, ., '. I . M
Charity to the Poor ; or, Pity to the afflicted.
B! I n T is the man whose bowel- move,
And melt with puy to the poor,
iuL by sympathizing l«>\e,
Eeels what his t dure.
His heart contrives for their relief
■>d than his own hands can do;
He. m the time of general grief,
Shah rind the Lord ha- bowels too.
His soul sliall live secure on earth,
With secret blessings on hi-
W hen drought, and pestilence, and dearth
Around him multiply their dead.
4
Or, if he languish on his couch,
(.<>d will pronounce his -ins forgiven.
Will save him with a healing i
Or take his willing soul to b< •..
307, 308
INFLUENCES OF THE SPIRIT.
309,310
307- Newcourt 173, Jennings's 123.
(Psalm 112. As the 113th Psalm)
The Blessings of the liberal Man.
THAT man is blest who stands in awe
Of God, and loves his sacred law :
His seed on earth shall be renown'd ;
His house the seat of wealth shall be,
An inexhausted treasury,
And with successive honours crown 'd.
2
His liberal favours he extends,
To some he gives, to others lends;
A generous pity fills his mind:
Yet what his charity impairs,
He saves by prudence in affairs,
And thus he's just to all mankind.
3
His hands, while they his alms bestow'd,
His glory's future harvest sow d ;
The sweet remembrance of the just,
Like a green root, revues and bears
A train of blessings for his heirs,
When dying nature sleeps in dust.
4
Beset with threatening dangers round,
Unmov'd shall he maintain his ground ;
His conscience holds his courage up :
The soul that's fill'd with virtue's light
Shines brightest in affliction'-.
And sees in darkness beams of hope.
PAUSE.
[Ill tidings never can surprise
His heart that fix'd on God relies,
Tho' waves and tempests roar around:
Safe on the rock he sits, and sees
1 be shipwreck of his enemies,
And all their hope and glory drown'd.
6
The wicked shall his triumph see,
And gnash their teeth in agony
To find their expectations crost:
They and their envy, pride and spite,
Sink down to everlasting night,
And all their names in darkness lost.]
308. Xew Sabbath 122, Rot hive 11 174,
Lecd 19.
(Psalm 1 12. L.M.)
The Blessings of the Pious and Charitable.
THRICE happy man who fears the Lord,
Loves his commands, and trusts hi
Honour and peace his days attend, [word ;
And blessings to his seed descend.
2
Compassion dwells upon his mind,
To works of mercy still inclin'd :
He lends the poor some present aid,
Or gives them, not to be reps id.
3
W hen times grow daik, and tidings spread
1 hat fill his neighbor: diead,
His heart is arm'd again-t the fear,
For God with all hi- power is there.
His soul, well fix'd upon the Lord,
Draws heavenly courage from his word;
Amidst the darkness light shall rise,
To cheer his heart, and bless his eyes.
5
He hath dispers'd his alms abroad,
His works are still before his God;
His name on earth shall long remain,
While envious sinners fret in vain.
309- Few Fork 33, Condccension 116.
(Psalm 112. CM.)
Liberality rewarded.
HAPPY is he that fears the Lord,
And follows his commands,
Who lends the poor without reward,
Or gives with liberal hands.
2
As pity dwells within his breast
To all the sons of need ;
So God shall answer his request
With blessings on his seed.
3
No evil tidings shall surprise
His well-establish'd mind;
Hi- soul to God nil refuge l'ies,
And leaves his fears behind.
4
In times of general distress,
Some beams of light ..hall shine
To shew the world his righteousness,
And give him peace divine.
5
His works of piety and love
Remain before the Lord ;
Honour on earth and joys above
Shall be his sure reward.
LOVE.
310- Few York 33, Condescension 1 16,
Michaels 1 19.
(Hymn 38. B. 2. CM.)
Love to Cod.
HAPPY the heart where graces reign,
\\ here love inspires the breast:
Love, is the brightest of the train,
And strengthens all the rest.
2
Knowledge, alas, 'tis all in vain,
And all in vain our fear,
Our stubborn sins will fight and reign
If love be absent there.
3
Tis love that makes our cheerful feet
In swift obedience move,
The devils know and tremble too,
But Satan cannot love.
4
This is the grace that lives and sings
W hen laith and hope shall i
Tis this shall strike our jovtul strings
In the sweet realms ot bliss.
311, S19« 313
5
ve this dark .:
m our nailing God.
3] |. Bftf ' /Vl. Flint 151, MA
[Hymn kg. B. .'. CM.)
pleasure!
LOVE.
314, 315, 31«
171.
M
Above a; thj right I
Where all tin grace* stand :
The swallow near thy temple lies,
i cbirpa a cheerful note ;
' The laik mounts upwards to th\ skies,
And tunes her warbling throat :
3
v •, when m thy presence, Lord,
V\ e ihout with joyful to-
tting round oui Father1! board,
We crown d
W hile lesiis shines with quit kening grace,
ring and mount on high;
But it a frown becloud his
We taint, and tue, and die.
I
die lonesome dove
Bemoan her m
ring the flies thro' all the grove,
mourns her loving a
I
• our thoughts from thing to thing
In re
'■'•ng>
'•.sits hides I,,-
/ 1 18-
(tiraM 108. b. l. S.ld.)
Christ unseat and Moved, 1 Pet. i. 8.
NOT with our mort ii
Have we beheld the 1 Ofd,
Yet we rejoice to hear hi- I
And love him in his word.
2
On earth wc want t!
RedeeiM rt
. inmost thoughts delight
And when wc taste thy love,
■• - divinet] ..
Unspeakable, like those
And heaven begins below.
313
[Tuba
Broth
LO' what an nttertainin
Ate brethren that
Biethren! whose cheerful hearts unite
In bands of piety
\S hen itreams of love from Christ the spring
De» • nd to «. \<-i> s<>ul,
And heavenl] peace, with balmy wing,
the whole :
3
Tis like the oil diviner* sweet,
on Aaron*i reveren<
The trickling dropt perfumM his feet,
And oVr ins garments spn
4
Mis pleatanl as the morning dews
li at fall on itionl hill,
id liis mildest gloiy hews,
And makes his grace distii.
.ill. Lebanon 79, Manning 249,
(Hymn 130. B. 1. I
Love and Hatred, Phil. ii. 2. Eph iv. 30, &c.
NOW by the bowels of my God,
His sharp distress, his sore complaints.
By his last groan-, las dying blood,
1 eharge mj soul to lo.e the taints.
2
Clamour and wrath and war be gone,
Knv\ and spite tor evi r
let bitter word! no more be known
»t the saints, the sons of peace.
3
The Spirit like a peaceful dove
m the realms of noi^e and strife ;
md grieve his love,
\\ ho seals our souls t.> heavenly life!
\
Tender and kind be all our thoughts,
Thro' all our U\cs let mercy run:
i forgives oui 'iilts
For the ( 'nist his Son.
315. RnthzrellM'.
(Hymn 126. 1'.. 1. L. M.)
Charity and I'rc/iaritablinest, Rom. xiv.
I
Not different food, or different dress,
pose the kingdom of our Lord,
. righteousness,
Faith and obedience to his word.
\N hen weaker Christians we d
\\ e do I
For God i nd the wue
the ter-hle with the strong.
T.et pride and wrath he banish 'd hence,
I ursue ;
Nor shall our practice give otl'ence
-. the Gentile or the Jew.
,:. Rath Ch.rfel 26, H.imri:nr;J
B. I. CM.
Love -~, 13.
L esteem
ion 1 . dream
If love r.ere.
317,31!
INFLUENCES OF THE SPIRIT.
319,320
Love suffers long with patient eye,
Nor is provok'd in liaste,
She lets the present injury die,
And long forgets the past.
3
[Malice and rage, those fires of hell,
She quenches with her tongue;
Hopes, and believes, and thinks no ill,
Tho'she endure the wrong.]
4
[ She nor desires nor seeks to know
The scandals of the time ;
Nor looks with pride on those below,
Nor envies those that climb.]
5
She lays her own advantage by
To seek her neighbour's good ;
So God's own Son came down to die,
And bought our lives with blood.
6
Love is the grace that keeps her power
In all the realms above ;
There faith and hope are known no more,
But saints for ever love.
317- Wahal '237, Bedford 91, James's 163.
(Psalm 35. ver. 12—14. 2d Part. CM.)
Love to Enemies ; or, the Love of Christ to
Sinners, typified in £>avid.
BEHOLD the love, the generous love
That holy David shows;
Hark, how his sounding bowels move
To his afflicted foes!
2
When they are sick his soul complains,
And seems to feel the smart;
The spirit of the gospe! reigns,
And melts his pious heart.
3
How did his flowing tears condole
As for a brother dead!
And fasting mortify'd his soul,
While for their life he pray'd.
4
They groan'd ; and curs'd him on their bed,
Yet still he pleads and mourns;
And double blessings on his head
The righteoui God returns.
5
O glorious type of heavenly grace!
Thus Christ the Lord appears;
While sinners curse, the Saviour prays,
And pities them with tears.
6
He, the true David, Israel's king,
blest and belov'd of God,
To save us rebels, dead in sin,
Paid his own dearest blood.
;) 1 8- Elenbro' 170, Brighton 208, Crowle 3.
(Psalm 109. ver. 1—5,31. CM.)
Love to Enemies, from the Example of Christ.
GOD of my mercy and my praise,
Thy glory is my song ;
Tho' sinner's speak against thy grace
w ith a blaspheming tongue.
When in a form of mortal man
Thy Son on earth was found,
With cruel slanders, false and vain,
They compass'd him around.
3
Their miseries his compassion move,
Their peace he still pursu'd;
They render hatred for his love,
And evil for his good.
4
Their malice rag:d without a cause,
Yet', with his dying breath,
He pray'd for murderers on his cross,
And bless'd his foes in death.
5
Lord, shall thy bright example shine
In vain before my eyes?
Give me a soul a-ki'n to thine
To love mine enemies.
6
The Lord shall on my side engage,
And, in my Saviour's name,
I shall defeat their pride and rage
Who slander and condemn.
319. New Sabbath 122, Lexvton 30.
(Hymn 134. B. 1. L.M.)
Religion vain without Love,
1 Cor. xiii. 1—3.
HAD I the tongues of Greeks and Jews,
And nobler speech that angels use,
If love be absent, I am found
Like tinkling brass, an empty sound.
2
Were I inspired to preach and tell
All that is done in heaven and hell,
Or could my faith the world remove,
Still I am nothing without love.
3
Should I distribute all my store
To feed the bowels of the poor,
Or give my body to the flame
To gain a martyr's glorious name;
4
If love to God and love to men
Be absent, all my hopes are vain ;
Nor tongues, nor gifts, nor fiery zeal
The work of love can e'er fulii'l.
PRUDENCE.
320- Hephzibah 77, WestOH Favel '17,
Fur man 135.
(Hymn 36. B.l. CM.)
A lovely Carriage.
OTIS a lovely thing to see
A man of prudent heart,
W hose thoughts, ana lips, and life agree
To act a useful part.
2
When envy, strife, and wars begin
In little angry souls,
Mark how the sons of peace come in,
And quench the kindling coals.
PRUDENCE. REPENTANC E
323, 324
• mds arc humble, mild, and meek,
lei their fury risej
■ion moves ihcii lipe to t\
i .1 wuii lovej
i works tuini their dj> :
i \ the serpent with tin
i ast the Min| awa; .
5
Such was the Saviour 01 mankind ;
rj,u«'s hf put
.<.■ lU H-liU'd,
Hb SOUl 'i:\inch .
Lord, can Hk . muegrow
In such a heart m mine
i e my Datura can renew,
make in\ soul like thine.
3 !\. < r,ru!, \ Cam* Milton 21 2.
(Psalm Part c M.
vrr the Tmgm i or, Prudence
. Zeal.
Till n I retolVd before the Lord,
will 1 watch m> tongue,
1 let blip one sinful n
' Or do my neighbour wrong.'
_>
And if I'm e'er constrained to
With men of lives prophane,
Nor let my tal* be vain.
(peak
ioui thoughts I feel,
fen should th' oo a>ion ta'<e
To mock mv I otj seal.
1
me proper hour app
I'll not be o\ei-.r
But let tlv scoffing sinnen hear
That we can speak tor God.
KIT I.N 1A.NL! .
. rowU 3, Ludlow S4, Hammond 226.
The repenting Prodigal, Luke xv. 13, kc.
BEHOI D the wretch whose lost and wine
II.l
wine,
. eat I
: •, (he cries)
. indi,
ktherl house has i irge tuppl
• And bounteous are his hands.
I
' I'll go, and with ■ mournful tongue
1 Kail down before
her, I've done thy justice wrong,
•ce.'
lie said.
ithert l'\c ;
The father saw the rebel come,
And .ill his I
. .ind fell up
The rebel's heart with sorrow brake
For follies he had done.
off his clothes of shame and bin,*
ommandj
mi m garments white and clean,
' \S uli nng> adorn his hand.
7
1 A day of feasting 1 ordain,
' I el mirth and joy abound ;
it. and live
1 Was lost, and now is found.'
3 2 >• James's 163, Bedford 91, Worksop 31
.ISalm.M. \er. 14-17. 'Jd Pan. CM.)
Repentance and Faith in the Blood of Christ.
OGOD of mercy! hear my call,
My load ot guilt remove;
iratingwall
That bars me from thj love.
Give me the presence of thy grace,
Then my rejoicing to
Shall speak aloud thy righteousness,
long.
its, nor hesfer slain,
For sin could e'er atone;
) of Christ shall still remain
it M\d alone.
I
Dpprest with sin's d
My God will n
A humble groan, a broken heart.
h our best sacrifice.
.',.'!. Mali .'"7. ir>risTVorth\59.
mo 74. B.2. S
Repentance from a Sense nf Divine Gmdness ;
OT) a Complaint of Ingra::
Is this the kind return,
these the thanks we owe?
ibuse eternal love
\\ hence all our blessings flow?
2
To what a stubborn firaaae
Ha- sin redue'd our mind!
What strange rebeiaoui wretches we,
\n i (• kind!
[On us he bids the sun
Shed his reviving ra\-.
the -.kies their circles run
To lengthen out our days.
4
>itcsobey their God,
But we m >re base, more brutish things
Reject his easy reign.]
325, 326 INFLUENCES OF THE SPIRIT. 327, 328,329
Turn, turn us, mighty God,
And mould our souls afresh,
Break, sovereign grace, these hearts of stone.
And give us hearts of flesh.
6
Let old ingratitude
Provoke our weeping eyes,
And hourly as new mercies tall
Let hourly thanks arise.
325- Worksop 31, Bangor 231, Anns 58.
(Hymn 105. B.2. CM.)
Repentance flowing from the Patience of God.
AND are we wretches yet alive ?
And do we yet rebel?
Tis boundless, 'tis amazing love
That bears us up from hell!
2
The burden of our weighty guilt
Would sink us down to flames,
And thieatening vengeance rolls above
To crush our feeble frames.
3
Almighty goodness cries, Forbear ;
And straight the thunder stays ;
And dare we now provoke his wrath,
And weary out his grace ?
4
Lord, we have long abus'd thy love,
Too long indulg'd our sin ;
Our aching hearts e'en bleed to see
What rebels we have been.
5
So more, ye lusts, shall ye command,
No more will we obey ;
Stretch out, O God, thy'conquering hand,
And drive thy foes away.
32g. Carolina 13, Ludlow 84.
(Ilyinn 106. B.2. CM.)
Repentance at the Cross.
OIL if my soul was form'd for woe,
How would I vent my sif lis !
Kt pentance should like rivers flow
From both mv streaming eyes.
2
Twas for my sins my dearest Lord
Hung on the cursed tree,
And groan'd away a dying life
For thee, my soul, for thee.
3
O how 1 hate those lusts of mine
That orocify'd my God,
Those sins that pier'c'd and nail'd his flesh
Fast to the fatal wood!
4
Yes, my Redeemer, they shall die,
My heart has so decreed,
Nor will I spare the guilty things
That made my Saviour bleed.
5
Whilst with a melting broken heart
Mv murderd Lord 1 view,
I'll laise revenge against my sins,
And slay the murderer* too.
327- Elenborough 170, Wantage 204.
(Hymn 9. B. 2. CM.)
Godly Sorrow arisingfrom the Sufferings of
Christ.
ALAS! and did my Saviour bleed,
And did my Sovereign die?
Would he devote thai sacred head
For such a worm as I ?
2
Thy body slain, sweet Jesus, thine,
And bath'd in its own blood,
While all expos'd to wrath divine
The glorious sufferer stood.]
3
Was it for crimes that I had done
He groan'd upon the tree ?
Amazing pity! Grace unknown!
And love beyond degree!
4
Well might the sun in darkness hide,
And shut his glories in,
When God the mighty Maker dy'd
For man the creature's sin.
5
Thus might I hide my blushing face
\\ hile his dear cross appear-,
Dissolve my heart in thankfulness,
And melt my eves to tears.
6
But drops of grief can ne'er repay
The debt of love 1 owe ;
Here, Lord, 1 give myself away,
Tis all that 1 can do.
328- Portugal 91, U/verston 179.
(Hymn 101. B. 1. L. M.)
Joy in Heaven for a repenting Sinner,
Luke xv. 7, 10.
"\T7HO can describe the joys that rise
VV Thro' all the courts ot paradise
To see a prodigal return,
To see an heir ot glory born ?
2
With joy the Father doth approve
The fruit of his eternal love;
The Son with joy looks down and sees
The purchase of his agonies.
3
The Spirit takes delight to view
The holy soul he form'd anew;
And saints and angels join to sing
The growing empire of their King.
RESIGNATION.
329- Walsal23~, Wantage 204.
(Psalm 123. CM.)
Pleading with Submission.
OTHOU whose grace and justice reign
Lnthron'd above the gki«,
To thee our hearts would tell their pain,
To thee we lift our eyes.
RESIGNATION. SINCERITY.
•
r master'* hand,
>tand,
' look;
v feel
Yet wait the gracious moment still,
Till thou remove thy rod.
4
Those that in wealth and pleasure live
Our I
And thj •
their pride.
Our toes insult us, but our hope
In ti lies;
u?ht shall l>ear our spirits up,
, id will not dl
Strut JH.
I l.V. B. 1. L. M.)
raiam
.: his Son, Gen. \\n.
S\l\ 1 ^. .•[ y.'ur t atfaef'S heavenly word
up yrui comforts to the Lord;
re what yea n
■
<■ ith obedient hand
< omraand,
. the knitV he look,
His arm nrcpar'd the dreacitul stroke.
■
i be ble»'d indeed.'
\
Just in lour
. enng power;
The mount o:
Where we slull see su; prism, j
-■
borough 170.
(Hymn 5. B. 1. C I
Submission to . Luce, Job. i. 2 1 .
Ne earth we came,
And crept to lite al
\N e to the earth retur:.
:.:ngle with ou:
The tiear ik rights we liere e
Ana foodi] call cut
Are aa in borrow'd now,
To be repaid anon.
J
> our comforts high,
He g.. ne!)
4
Peac-% all cur angry passions, then.
fec
lu prai>es bliall be n
■ too
i our comforts dead.
SINCERITY.
. Bed/or J -)\,Spr,7gut 166.
: Part. CM.)
Truth, Sincerity, &c. Phil
LET those who hear the Christian name
Their holy vows fulfil :
The saints, the followers of the Lamb,
Are men of honour still.
J
True to the solemn cath thev
Tho' to their hurt they swear ;
Constant and just to all they speak,
For God and angels hear.
Still with thetr lips their hearts agree,
Nor flattering words devise ;
They know the God of truth can see
Tnro' every false disguise.
4
They hate th' appearance of a lie
In all the shapes it wears:
They live the truth; and when the
Eternal life is theirs.
5
oocritesand liars fly
..ige's frown,
0 fear a lie,
Receive th' immortal down.
I, Abridge <20\, Lena ';.-;
(Hymn 136. B. 1. CM.)
Sincerity and Hypo;:
Ci O^ is a spirit just
T He sees our innu
arid wise,
-r cries
..r.d.
>ut trudi before his throne
;.>ear,
la ore known
Thro' the disguise they wear.
.
he ground;
But G
Wn
re
4
Lord,
my t
s, and try my
way\
Al
14, 335
INFLUENCES OF THE SPIRIT
336, 337
334. Pauls 246, Angel's Hymn 60, Babylon
Streams 23.
(Psalm 50. 3d Part. L.M.)
Hypocrisy exposed.
THE Lord, the judge, his churches warns,
Let hypocrites attend and fear,
\v ho place their hope in rites and forms,
But make not faith nor love their care.
2
Vile wretches dare rehearse his name
With lips of falsehood and deceit ;
A friend or brother they defame,
And sooth and Hatter those they hate.
3
They watch to do their neighbours wrong,
Yet dare to seek their Maker's face;
They take hi» covenant on their tongue,
But break his laws, abuse his grace.
4
To heaven they lift their hands unclean,
Defii'd with Last, defil'd with blood ;
By night ihey practise every sin,
By day their mouths draw near to God.
5
And while his judgments long delay,
They grow secure and sin the more;
They think he sleeps as well as they,
And put far off the dreadful hour.
6
O dreadful hour! when God draws near,
And sets their crimes before their eyes'.
His wrath their guilty souls shall tear,
And no deliverer dare to rise.
335- New York 33, Michaels 119.
(Psalm 119. 3d Part. CM.)
Professions of Sincerity. Repentance, and
Obedience.
Ver. 57, 60.
THOU art my portion, O my God;
Soon ai 1 know thy way,
My heart makes haste t' obey thy word,
And suffers no delay.
I choose the path of heavenly truth,
And glory in my choice:
Not all the riches of the earth
Could make me so rejoice.
The testimonies of thy grace
1 set before my eyes;
Thence 1 derive my daily strength,
And there mv comfort lies.
Ver. .59.
If once I wander from thy path,
I think upon my ways,
Tnen turn my feet to thy commands,
And trust thv pardoning grace.
Ver. 94, 114.
Now 1 am thine, for ever thine,
O save thy servant, Lord ;
Thou art my shield, my hiding-place, .
My hope is in thy word.
Ver. 112.
Thou hast inclin'd this heart of mine
Thy statutes to fulfil ;
And thus till mortal life shall end
Would I perforin thy will.
336- Kingsbridge 88, Pauls 246.
(Psalm 139. 3d Part. L.M.)
Sincerity professed, and Grace tried ; or, the
Heart-searching God.
MY God, what inward grief 1 feel
When impious men transgress thy
1 mourn to hear their lips profane, [will''.
Take thy tremendous name in vain.
2
Does not my soul detest and hate
The sons of malice and deceit ?
Those that oppose thy laws and thee
1 count them enemies to me.
3
Lord, search my soul, try every thought;
Tho' my own heart accuse me not
Of walking in a false disguise,
1 beg the trial of thine eyes.
4
Doth secret mischief lurk within ?
Do I indulge some unknown sin?
O turn my feet whene'er 1 stray,
And lead me in thy peifect way.
337. Kingsbridge 88, Pauls 246.
(Psalm 18. ver. 20-26. 2d Part. L.M.)
Sincerity proved and rewarded.
LORD, thou hast seen my soul sincere,
Hast made thy truth and love appear;
Beiore mine eyes I set thy laws.
And thou hast own'd my righteous cause.
2
Since 1 have learnt thy holy ways,
I've walk'd upright before thy face;
Or if my feet did e'er depart,
Twas never with a wicked heart.
3
What sore temptations broke my rest!
Wiiat wars and strugglings in my breast!
But thro' thy grace that reigns within,
I guard against my darling sin :
4
That sin which close besets me still,
That works and strives against my will ;
\\ hen shall thy Spirit's sovereign power
Destroy it that it rise no more?
5
[With an impartial hand, the Lord
Deals out to mortals their reward ;
The kind and faithful souls shall find
A God as faithful, and as kind.
6
The just and pure shall ever say
Thou art more pure, more just than they;
And men that love revenge shall know
God hadi an arm of vengeance too.]
rRUST. ZEAL.
TRl NCE
: M.)
:ith in
1): W >■
Mite;
C is in-, tnroiie;
, in ail m\ 111
. m all your w
r^ur oul
God is our all-sufficient aid.
i M.n ire \amly ;
■iii appear
Light as a pud 01 emptj an.
4'
Make not increasing gold your trust,
I your heart on flittering dust;
the Heeling in
I ai God haih spoke!
vr'ul voice declared,
1 : again mv oars have hear I,
>wei i> In* eternal duo;
1 He must bf fear'd and trusted loo.'
6
I 1 reigns not alone,
ner of the throne:
:■ Lord, •
^ il divide our last reward.
(Hymn ioj. B.l. CM.)
Jiamed of the Gospel, 2 Tim. i. 12.
n die honour of his -
2
:.v God, I know hi.
■ai to shame,
let m\ hope be I
Finn as i
What I've
Till the decisive
are
o hii hi
our.
4
: he own ui\ worthies
And in the new Jen.
Appoiut my >oul a place.
. Irish 171.
(Hymn 37. B. 1. 2d Part. CM.)
:>ui Fortitude.
Do I helieve what Jesus saith,
And think the
bold to own my faith,
virtue too.
Suppress my shame, subdue my tear,
Arm me with heavenly zeal,'
rhal 1 ma) make thy power appear,
And woiks 01 praise fulfil,
S
If men shall set my virtue shine,
An 1 spread my name abroad.
Thine is the pow >c is thine,
Mj >a\iour and mj 1
V
Thus when the saints in glory meet,
Their lips proclaim thy gra
t tlieir honours at ihy feet,
And own then borrow'd ravs.
PAt
Are we the toldien of the cross?
The followers of the Lamb?
And shall We teat to own his cause,
Or blush to speak his name'
6
Now we must fight if we would reign j
Increase our courage, Lord !
lure the pain,
Supported by thy word.
7
.is in all this glorious war
onquex, il">' they're slain ;
1 a tar,
And shail with J.sUs reign.
When that illustrious day shall rise,
lU thy armies shine
In rol>es 01" victory thl
The glory shall be thine.
ADDRL^5RS TO THL HOLY SPIRIT.
.3 11 Brighton 208.
(Hymn 34. B.2. CM.
Brtdtlikg \j 'ter the Holy Spirit ; or, Fer.
1 .
COME, holy spun, I
\S mi al! thy quk ke 1
K 1 node a 1
In these co.d hearts of ours.
here below,
Oar so . 1 go
To rea^ii eternal 10 •
350, 351
CHRISTIAN.
552, 353, 354
Th' almighty ruler of the sphere,
The glorious and the great,
Brings his own all-sufricience there
To make our bliss complete.]
6
Had I the pinions of a dove
I'd climb the heavenly road ;
There sits my Saviour dress'd in love,
And there my smiling God.
350. Nippon's 188, Ulversion 179,
Kingsbridge 88.
(Hymn 11. B.2. L.M.)
The same.
I SEND the joys of earth away,
Away, ye tempters, of the mind,
False as the smooth deceitful sea,
And empty as the whistling wind.
2
Your streams were floating me along
Down to the gulph of black despair,
And whilst I liaien'd to your song,
Your streams had e'en convey'd me there.
3
Lord, I adore thy matchless grace,
That warn'd me of that dark abyss,
That drew me from those treacherous seas,
And bid me seek superior bliss.
4
Now to the shining realms above
I stretch my hands, and glance mine eyes;
O for the pinions of a dove
To bear me to the upper skies.
6
There from the bosom of my God
Oceans of endless pleasure roll;
There would I fix my last abode,
And drown the sorrows of my soul.
3.5 1 • Worksop 31. Crowle 3.
(Psalm 119. loth Part. CM.)
Holy Resolutions.
Ver. 93.
OTFIAT thy statutes every hour
Might dwell upon my mind i
Thence 1 derive a quickening power,
And daily peace I find.
Ver. 15, 16.
To meditate thy precepts, Lord,
Shall be my sweet employ ;
My soul shall ne'er forget thy word,
Thy word is all mv iov.
Ver. 32.
How would I run in thy commands,
If thou my heart discharge
From sin and Satan's hateful chains,
And set my feet at large!
Ver. 13, 46.
My lips with courage shall declare
Thy statutes and thy name ;
I'll speak thy word, tho' kings should hear,
Nor yield to sinful shame.
Ver. 61,69,70.
Let bands of persecutors rise
To rob me of my right,
Let pride and malice forge their lies,
Thy law i> my delight.
Ver. 115.
Depart from me, ye wicked race,
Whose hands and hearts are ill;
I love my God, I love his ways,
And must obey his will.
352- Worksworth 15S, 670**207.
(Hymn 106. B.l. S.M.)
Dead to Sin by the Cross of Christ, Rom.vi.
1,2,6.
SHALL we go on to sin
Because thy grace abounds,
Or crucify the Lord again,
And open all his wounds?
2
Forbid it, mighty God,
Nor let it e'er be said
That we whose sins are crucify'd
Should raise them from the dead.
3
We will be slaves no more,
Since Christ has made us free,
Has nail'd our tyrants to his cross,
And bought our liberty.
353- Carolina 13, Elenbro' 170, WalsalVSl.
(Hymn 81. B. 2. CM.)
Our Sin the Cause of Christ's Death.
AND now the scales have left mine eyes,
Now I begin to see ;
Oh the curs'd deeds my sins have done !
What murderous things they be ?
2
Were these the traitors, dearest Lord,
That thy fair body tore:
Monsters,'that stain'd those heavenly limbs
With floods of purple gore !
3
Was it for crimes that I had done
My dearest Lord was slain,
When justice seiz'd God's only Son,
And put his soul to pain ?
4
Forgive my guilt, O Prince of Peace,
I'll wound ray God no more ;
Hence from my heart, ye sins, be gone,
For Jesus I adore.
5
Furnish me, Lord, with heavenly arms
From grace's magazine,
And I'll proclaim eternal war
With every darling sin.
354. S prague 166, Hephzibah 77,
Great Milton 212.
(Hymn 31. B.l. 2d Part. CM.)
The hidden Life of a Christian, Col. iii. 3.
OH APPY soul! that lives on high :
While men lie grovelling here!
His hopes are lix'd above the sky,
And faith forbids his fear.
2
His conscience knows no secret stings,
While peace and. iov combine
To form a life whose holy springs
Are hidden and divine.
CHRISTIAN.
357, 353
He waits in secret on hi, God ;
llu God in lecrei teei :
nth be all in j. in, abroad,
He dwells 111 heavenly rx
\
His pleasure, n>e from thing! unseen,
Beyond tins world and lime,
W here neither eyes nor ran have l>een,
Nor thOUfbtl ol binuei, climb.
He wants no pomp nor royal throne
1 o lai-e hi, Injure heie ;
Content uiui pica! d to live unknown
1 ill Christ in, lite appear.
6
Be lookl to hea\ en', eternal hill
1 o meet that glonou
But patient wails his Saviour's will
lo fetch his soul away.
355. Grove Mnr« \ l.?, Michaels 119.
(Iljmn 116. B.'J. C. M.)
Utrc'm and Thanks.
How can i sink wah such a prop
.\s m> eternal God,
\\ ho bears the earth's huge pillars up,
And rpreadi the heaven's abroad'
I
ao 1 die while Jesus lives,
\N ho rose and left the dead I
Pardon and pace im soul receives
.nine exalte I
.5
All that I am, and all 1 have
he tor ever thine,
uitv bid, me gii e
Mv cheerful hand, i
4
Vet if I might make some leserve,
An 1 dim did not call,
i wit!i zeal so i;ieat
Thai 1 should give him all.
3 .; 6- Hephzibah 77, Gainsborough C^.
(Hymn lit), i;. J. t .\1.
hrist an J the Saints.
GIVE me the wings of faith to rue
W uhin the veil, nd
V meat then
How onght their glories be.
they were mourning here below,
An i W wuh tear, ;
They wrestled
With sins, an I fears.
3
em whence their victory came,
with united breath,
their conquest to the Lamb,
triumph to hi, death.
4
They mark the footsteps thai he trod,
, Hi, zeal mspir'd tiieir breast ',)
And following their incarnate God
• s the promise rest.
Our glorious leader claims our praise
Koi ins own pattern given,
i loud ot witneate*
shew the same path to heaven.
357- Coomb's 45, Broml.y 104, Truro 105.
(Hymn 48. B. 1. L.M)
The Christian Race, I,a. xl. 2S— 31.
AWAKK, our ,ouls, away, our fears,
Let every trembling thought begone;
Awake and run the heavenly race,
And put a cheerful courage on.
f
Tl ue, 'ti, a straight and thorny road,
And mortal spirits tire and fatntj
But they forgot the mighty God
That feeds the strength of every saint —
3
Thee, mighty God, whose matchless power
{- ev< r new and ever young,
And firm endures while endless years
Their everlasting circles run.
4
From thee the overflowing spring,
Out soul, shail drink a fresh supply,
While such as trust their native strength
bhall melt awa> , and drop and die.
5
Swift as an eagle cuts the air
W e'ii mount aloft to thine abode,
On wings ot love our lOUll shall fly,
Nor ine amidst the heavenly road.'
358- Coombs' ',■-, Wilts 10?, Roth-well 174.
(Il.un.i77. B.'J. L.M.)
I Uristian Warfare.
r QTAND up. my soul, shake offdiy fears,
LO And gird the gospel -armour on,
March to the gates of endless joy
Where thy great Captain-Saviour's gone.
Hell and thy sins resist tin CO
But bell and sin are vanc;uis!i'd foes,
I In Jesus nail'd them l
And sung the triumph when be rose.]
[What Iho' the prince of darkness rage,
And waste the tut > ot his t\
Eternal chain, (online him down
nij lu.
4
What tho' thine inward lu^ts rebel,
Mis but a struggling gasp :or life;
The weapons ol \ H '. I
bhall :iav thj >m>, and end the suite. ]
I
Then let my soul march boidJ
•said to the beavenl
1 here peace and joy eternal I
And glittering robes tor conquerors \* ait.
6
: .irry aoun,
And triumph in almighty
.i me acaaies ot the -.kics
Jo, n :n a
359, 360,361
CHRISTIAN.
362, 363
359- Foster 96, Salem 139.
(Psalm 144. ver. 1,2. 1st Part. CM.)
Assistance and Victory in the spiritual
Warfare.
FOR ever blessed be the Lord,
My Saviour and my shield ;
He sends his Spirit with his word
To arm me tor the field.
2
When sin and hell their force unite,
He makes my soul his care.
Instructs me to the heavenly fight,
And guards me thro' the war.
3
A friend and helper so divine
Doth my weak courage raise ;
He makes the glorious victory mine,
And his shall be the praise.
360- Rippon's 188, Kingshridge 88.
(Psalm 119. 17th Part. L. M.)
Courage and Persever.iace undo- Persecution;
or, Grace shining in Difficulties and Trials.
Ver. 143, 28.
TT7HEN pain and anguish seize me, Lord,
V V All my support is from thy word :
My soul dissolves for heaviness,
Uphold me with thy strengthening grace.
Ver. 51, 6:>, no.
The proud have fram'd their scoffs and lies,
They watch my feet with envious e\es,
And tempt my soul to snares and sin,
Yet thy commands I ne'er decline.
Ver. 161,78.
They hate me, Lord, without a cause,
They hate to see me love thy laws;
But I will trust and fear thy name,
Till pride and malice die with shame.
361. JVorksop 3 1 . Elenbro' 1 70.
(Psalm 7. CM.)
God's Care of his People, and Punishment of
Persecutors.
MY trust is in my heavenly friend,
My hope in thee, my God ;
Rise, and my helpless life defend
From those that seek my blood.
2
With insolence and fury ihey
My soul in pieces tear,
As hungry lions rend the prey,
When no deliverer's near.
3
If 1 had e'er provok'd them first,
Or once abus'd my foe,
Then let him tread my life to dust,
And lay mine honour low.
4
If there be malice found in me,
1 know thy piercing eyes ;
1 should not dare appeal to thee,
Nor ask my God to rise.
5
Arise, my God, lift up thy hand,
Their pride and power control]] ;
Awake to judgment, and command
Deliverance for my soul.
PABSE.
[Let sinners and their wicked rage
Be humbled to the dust ;
Shall not the God of truth engage
To vindicate the just?
7
He knows the heart, he tries the reins,
He will defend th' upright :
His sharpest arrows be ordains
Against the sous or suite.
8"
For me their malice digg'd a pit,
But there themselves are cast ;
My God makes ail their mischief light
On their own heads at last.]
9
That cruel persecuting race
Must feel his dreadful sword;
Awake, my soul, and praise the grace
And justice of the Lord.
362- Crou-le'3, JVa/sal'231, Bangor 231.
(Psalm 94. ver. 16—23. 2d Part. CM.)
God our Support and Comfort ; or, Delive-
rance from Temptation and Persecution.
WHO will arise and plead my right
Against my numerous foes,
While earth and hell their force unite,
And all my hopes oppose >
2
Had not the Lord, my rock, my help,
Sustain'd my fainting head,
My life had now in silence dwelt,
My soul amongst the dead.
3
J las ' my sliding feet, I cry'd ;
Thy promise was my prop;
Thy grace stood constant by my side,
Thy Spirit bore me up.
4
While multitudes of mournful thoughts
Within my bosom roll.
Thy boundless love forgives my faults,
Thy comforts cheer iny soul.
5
Powers of iniquity may rise,
And frame pernicious laws ;
Bui God, my refuge, rules the skies,
He will defend mv cause.
6
Let malice vent her rage aloud,
Let bold blasphemers scoff;
The Lord our God shall judge the proud,
And cut the sinners oft".
363- Great Milton 212, Stamford 9,
Foster 96.
(Psalm 16. 1—8. 1st Part. CM.)
Support and Counsel from God without Merit.
SWF, me, O Lord, from every foe;
In thee my trust 1 place,
'I ho' all the good that 1 can do
Can ne'er deserve tin grace.
I
Yet if my God prolong my breath
The saints may profit by't;
The saints the glory of the earth,
1 he men of iny delight.
CHRISTIAN.
3G6
■hen-, to their idoli haste,
ind w « n -hip wood 01 stone;
Bin my delightful it.;
wiicic the ti vie God is knows.
4
Ufa luivl provides me i onstant food,
He tills my daily c up;
ilach .iin 1 pleas \\ with present good,
But more icjoice in nope.
I
my portion tod an
His I outsell .nt- mi light ;
He gives me iweel adva e bj day,
An I gentle hints by night.
6
ll would all her thoughts approve
1 .1 his all-sceim; eye ;
Not death, nor hell my hope shall move,
While sueh a friend is nigh.
3fi 1 . Ludlvw R4, Wantage '2iH. H'orisop3l.
[PMlm 190. CM.)
■:.' a/ /uarre/.-nme Seighbours ; or, a
u: Wisk/or P
TIlOl God of love, thou ever-blest,
Pity m> suffering state;
\\ hen wilt thou set my soul at rest
From hpb that love deceit'
I
Hard lot of mine! my days are cast
Among the toni ol rtrife,
\\ I otc never-i easing brawling! waste
Mj golden hours of lite.
i
0 might I fly to changl my place,
How would I choose to dwell
In tome wide tonesom
And leave I I hell.
4
ii the Messing that 1 seek,
Mow lovely aie m > charms!
1 .un tor peace; but when 1 speak,
They all declare tor arms.
i
•ions itill their souls en
\n'i keep their malice so
*\ hat shall he done to curb thj rage,
t) thou devouring tongue!
Should burning; arrows smite tlxe thro',
I justice would approve ;
But 1 had rather spare my foe,
And melt he heart with love.
Jo-;,. Bath Chapel .
[Psahi
tnd Falshocd ;
■■• qj his People, in at
Faith and Prayer.
OTHOl", whose justice reigns on high,
And makes til' op]
Behold bow envious sinn
m) pea* ei
The sons of violence and lies
loin to devour me. i
Bui as my bourri dangi
tuge is thy word.
In God most holy, tust, and true,
1 have repos'd my trust;
Not will I fear what flesh can do,
The offspring ol the dust.
I
1 hey wrest my words to mischief still,
Charge me with unknown faults;
Mischief doth all their counsels fill,
And malice all their thoughts.
Shall they escape without thy frown!
Must their devices stand
<) cat! the haughty sinner down,
And let him know thy hand!
I'Al St
God counts the sorrows of his saints,
Their groans affect his ears;
Thou lust a book for my complaints,
A bottle for my tear,.
7
When to thy throne I raise my cry,
The wicked fear and flee;
So swift is pi aver to reach the sky,
So near is God to me,
8
In thee, most holy, just, and true,
I have repos'd my trust;
Nor will I tear what man can do,
The offspring of the dust.
9
Thy solemn vows arc on mc, Lord,
Thou sh.iit receive my prase;
111 sing 'How faithful is thy word;
' How righteous all thy Way*!'
10
Thou hast secur'd my soul from death;
() -et thy prisoner tree,
I and hand, and life and breath
May be employ 'd for thee.
Crov/e 3, Condescension 1 16,
Wabal9Sn.
(Ps.31.vcr.7— 13, 18— 21. 2d Part. CM.)
ance from Slander and Reproach.
MY heart rejoices iii thy name,
My Go(|, my help, my tTUSI j
Thou hast pn terv'd mi face from shame,
Mine honour from the dust.
' My life is spent with grief,' I cry'd,
* My yean i onsusne
1 My strength decays, mine eyes ate dry'd,
4 And mv bones.'
3
Among mine enemies my name
\\ .is .i mere proverb grown,
While t<> my neighbour! 1 became
Forgotten and unknown.
4
Slander and fear, on every side,
Seized and beset me round;
I to the throne of grace apply 'd,
And l| found.
Irish l~\. PAUS1
How great deliverance thou hast wrought
Before the sons ol men;
The lying lips to silence brought.
And made their boastings \ain!
K
367, 3G8
CHRISTIAN.
369
Thy children, from the strife of tongues,
Shall thy pavilion hide,
Guard them fiom infamy and wrongs,
And crush the sons of pride.
7
Within thy secret presence, Lord,
Let me for ever dwell;
No fenced city, walTd and barr'd,
Secures a saint so well.
367- Newbury 132, Worksop 3\.
(Psalm 118. ver. 6— 15. 1st Part. CM.)
Deliverance from a Tumult.
THE Lord appears my helper now,
\ r is my faith afraid
What a!J the sons of earth can do,
Since heaven affords its aid.
2
>Tis safer, Lord, to hope in thee,
And have my God my friend,
Than trust in men of high degree,
And on their truth depend.
3
Like bees my foes beset me round,
A large and angry swarm;
But I shall all their rage confound
Bv thine Almighty arm.
4
Tis thro' the Lord my heart is strong,
In him my lips rejoice;
While his salvation is my song,
How cheerful is mv voice :
5
Like angry bees they girt me round ;
When God appears they By:
So burning thorns, with crackling sound,
Make a fierce blaze and die.
6
Joy to the saints and peace belongs;
The Lord protects their da
Let Israel tune immortal songs
To his almighty grace.
368- Babylon Streams 23, Pauls 246,
. 143. L.Y..
Complaint of heavy Afflictions in Mind
and .
MY righteous Judge, my gracious God,
Hear when I spread my hands abroad
And cry for succour from thy throne,
0 make thy truth and mercy known.
2
Let judgment not against me pass;
Behold thy servant pleaos thy grace;
. justice call us to thy bar,
No man alive is guiltless there.
Look down in pity, Lord, and see
burden me;
Down to the dust my life is brought,
Like one long bury'd and fc .
4
1 dwell in daiknessand unseen,
My heart b de < late within;
My thoughts in musbsg tilence trace
iem wooden u d y gTace.
Thence 1 derive a glimpse of hope
To bear my sinking spirits up ;
I stretch my hands to God again,
And thirst like parched lands for rain.
6
For thee I thirst, I pray, 1 mourn ;
\\ hen will thy smiling face return ?
Shall all my joys on earth remover
And God for ever hide his love '
7
My God, thy long delay to save
\\ ill sink thy prisoner to the grave ;
My heart grows faint, and dim mine eye ;
Make haste to help before I die.
8
The night is witness to my tears,
Distressing pains, distressing fears;
0 might 1 hear thy morning voice,
How would my weary 'd powers rejoice!
9
In thee I trust, to thee I sigh,
And lift my heavy soul on high,
For thee sit waiting all the day,
And wear the tiresome hours a war.
10
Break off my fetters, Lord, and show
W hich is the path my feet should go ;
If snares and fees beset the road,
1 flee to hide me near mv God.
11
Teach me to do thy holy will,
And lead me to thy heavenly hill j
Let the good Spirit of thy love
Conduct me to thy courts above.
12
Then shall my soul no more complain,
The tempter then shall rage in vain ;
And flesh, that was my foe before,
Shall never vex my spirit more.
3 69- Bangor 231 , Walsal 237, Ludlow 84.
(Psaim55. 1—8,16—18,22. CM.)
Support for the afflicted and tempted Soul.
OGOD, my refuge, hear my cries,
Behold my flowing tears,
For earth and hell my hurt devise,
And triumph in my fears.
2
Their rage is levell'd at my life,
iu] with guilt they load,
And till my thoughts with inward strife
To shake my hope in God.
3
With inward pain my heart-strings sound,
I groan with every breath ;
Horror and fear beset me round
Amongst the shades of death.
4
O were 1 like a feather'd dove,
And innocence had wines;
-nd make a long ren.oc,
From all these restless things.
5
Let me to some m
And find a peace lul home,
W here nonm of malice never blew
I tmpiations never ctme.
370, 371
CHRISTIAN.
37J
■ 1 vain inventions ill
; hell!
hrj Ood r>n w horn 1 call
.i- me here m well.
I" \i SE.
ninf light I'll sock hit
\t noon repeal tn
The night shall hear me ask his gl
-v ill he Ions; den v.
God shall preserve im soul tr.<ni fear,
»)r ducld me when afraid ;
most appear
It he command their aid.
I
d the Lor I,
ill sustains them all ,
vis upon hi- ■
lints shall never fall.
in
«1 hopes shall not be vain,
m mall spread his pn
While cruel and deceitful men
e live out halt" their days.
3 7 0. /<> .vr • : ), Fountain 101.
(II}.: M
Complaining ef spiritual Sloth.
MY drowsy powers, why sleep ye so |
Awake, my sluggish soul!
Nothing has halt th\
Yet nothing's halt so dull.
I
The little ants for one poor
Labour, and tug, ami strive,
Tet we who lu\e a heaven t' obtain,
Row negligent we live i
3
ike all nature
eir courses move ;
: whose guard the angel bands
Come thin;' from above;
1
We for whom God the Son came down,
An I laboured tor out
e that crown
He purrhas'd with his hi
5
II we lie so sluggish still?
And never act ma ;
Come, holy Dove, from th' heavenly hill,
And sit and warm our hearts.
6
Then shall our move,
ill rise:
ngs of love
Ucl; Bj ami take the prue.
.)" 1- '■■
(Hymn 98. B. 2. I
Hardness of Heart nmpiaiiud of.
MT heart,
II -aw an ; , ,.| J Ul- ;, .,.,
Just lik-J a rock or ice:
Sin like a raging tyrant
Upon t;ns flintj thi
An 1 every grace lies bury'd det p
l:i neath this heart >>t stone.
torn do I rise to God,
Or taste the •
rhts mountain presses down my faith,
And chills my flaming love.
4
When smiling mercy courts m
w uh all its .us
. iborn, this relentless thing
Would tluustit from nn arms.
the thunders of thy word
Rebellious 1 have -
And terrors of a God.
6
Dear saviour, steep this rock of mine
In thine own i
None but a bath of blood divine
Can melt the Hint away.
: .', llarlorough 142,
a 25. ver. 15—82. 3d Part.
Distress of Soul ; or. Bad. tiding and
Dc-tr.'ion.
MINE eyes and my desire
Are ever to the Lord ;
I love to plead his pn
And rest upon DO v.
'I urn, turn tliee to my soul,
Bring thy salvation near;
When will thy hand release my feet
Out of the deadlv a .
\\ hen shall the sovereign grace
Of my forgiving God
Restore me from those dangerous a
M) wandering feet have trod?
4
The tumult of my tl
Doth but enlai
Mj -pint languishes, mj heart
ilc and low.
With every morning
rrow new be
Look on my anguish and my pain,
And pardon all mv sins.
I'M
Behold the hosts of hell,
n wci tel i their ha:e'
m> life they rise, and join
Their furv with deceit.
7
I my soul from death,
N'>r put my hi
For 1 have plac'd my onl] trust
In my Redeemer's name.
8
With humble faith I wait
To see thy face again;
■ shall ne'er be said,
' He sought the I ord in vain.'
K J
373, 374.
CHRISTIAN.
375, 376
373. Work sop 3 1 , Bangor 23 1 .
(Hymn 163. B.2. CM.)
Complaint of Desertion and Temptations.
DEAR Lord, behold our sore distress ;
Our sin* attempt to reign ;
Stretch out thine arm of conquering grace
And let thy foes be slain.
2
[The lion with his dreadful roar
Affrights thy feeble sheep:
Reveal the glory of thy power,
And chain him to the deep.
3
Must we indulge a long despair?
Shall our petitions die?
Our mournings never reach thine ear,
Nor tears affect thine eye ?]
4
If thou despise a mortal groan
Yet hear a Saviour's blood ;
An advocate so near the throne
Pleads and prevails with God.
5
He bought the Spirit's powerful sword
To slay our deadly foes :
Our sins shall die beneath thy word,
And hell in vain oppose.
6
How boundless is our Father's grace,
In height, and depth, and length !
He makes his Son our righteousness,
His Spirit is our strength.
374- Bangor 231, Newbury 132.
(Psalm 13. CM.)
Complaint under Temptations of the Devil.
OW long wilt thou conceal thy face?
H
My God, how long delay-
When shall I feel those heavenly rays
That chase my fears away ?
2
How long shall my poor labouring soul
Wrestle and toil in vain:
Thy word can all my foes controul,
And ease my raging pain.
3
oee how the prince of darkness tries
All his malicious arts.
He spreads a mist around my eyes,
And throws his rierv darts.
4
Be thou my sun, and thou my shield,
My soul in safety keep;
Make haste before mine eyes are seal'd
In death's eternal sleep.'
5
How would the tempter boast aloud
If 1 become his prey !
Bthold the sons of hell grow proud
At thy so long delay.
6
But they shall fly at thy rebuke,
And Satan hide his head ;
Be knows the terrors of thy look,
And hears thy \oice with dread.
Thou wilt display that sovereign grace,
Where all my hopes have hung;
I shall employ my lips in praise,
And victory shall be sung.
375- Brighthelmstone 208, Crcrwle 3.
(Hymn 20. B.2. CM.)
Backsiidings and Returns; or, the Inconstancy
of our Love.
WHY is mv heart so far from thee,
My God, my chief delight?
Why are my thoughts no more by day
With thee, no more by night?
2
[Why should my foolish passions rove'
Where can such sweetness be
As I have tasted in thy love,
As I have found in thee']
3
When my forgetful soul renews
The savour of thy grace,
My heart presumes I cannot lose
The relish all mv davs.
4
But ere one fleeting hour is pass'd,
The flattering world employs
Some sensual bait to >eize my taste,
And to pollute my joys.
5
[Trifles of nature or of art
With fair deceitful charms
Intrude upon my thoughtless heart,
And thrust thee from my arms.]
6
Then I repent and vex my soul
That I should leave thee so,
Where will those wild affections roll
That let a Saviour go !
7
[Sin's promis'd joys are turn'd to pain,
And 1 am drow'n'd in grief;
But my dear Lord returns again,
He iiies to mv relief.
8
Seizing my soul with sweet surprise,
He draws with loving bands ;
Divine compassion in his eyes,
And pardon in his hands.]
9
[Wretch that I am to wander thus
In chase of false delight !
Let me be fasten'd to thy cross
Rather than lose thv sight.]
10
"Make haste, my days, to reach the goal,
And bring my heart to rest
On the dear centre of my soul,
My God, my Saviour's breast.]
376. Rippon's 188, Ulverston 139, Pauls246.
(Psalm 13. L.M.)
Pleading with God under Desertion ; or,
Hope in Darkness.
HOW long, O Lord, shall I complain
Like one that »eeks his God in vain?
Canst thou thy face for ever hidef
And I still pray, and be den}'d?
.
CHRISTIAN.
. fof ever be :•
*hom thou rcg4
.j'irn'
:l despair ot thy return'
iljled breast
5 Hi opprest '
Rejoi; nksolow.'
4
ind grant me quick relief,
Before m
If thou u ught*
I deep .
i ;ll the powers of darkness boa-t,
It but une pra>ing soul be I
But J have trusted in thy gn
And shall again behold tin bee.
\\ hate'er my fears rr foes suggest,
Thou art my hope, m
My lieart shall feel thy love, and n
;ii;> ot prai>e.
-. Sfrague 166.
(Psalm 119. I6th Part. CM.)
Proper fir jnictening Grace.
Mia rtnwrhw to the dust ;
ive me life divine;
..es and every lust
1 urn orl" these eyes of mine.
1 need the influence of thy grace
eed me in tfn
Le>t I should loiter in my i
Or turn my feet astrav.
Ver. WJ.
me flown,
I need thy quickening powers ;
rd tlut I have rested ^,n
... help my hea'.
Ver. ;
Are not I
God'
Wilt thou not grant me warmer zeal
To run the beaveal
Ver ;
my heart thy precepts love,
Then shall 1 love thy gospel more,
And ne'er forget th;
uKkening power
To draw me near the Lord,
'204.
(P>ulm 11<>. I'.'ih !
Breathing after Comfort and D<L\
Ver
MY God, consider my distress,
Let mercy plead m
it ih> grace,
I can't forget th) ..
irbid the sharp rep:
' P«»
Nor k ; pear.
Be thou a turei me,
But make thy ■ ; see
:ntags of th>
My eyes with expectation fad,
■*.\ within me
n il the Lord his truth fulfil,
1 And makemv com
Ver.
Look down upon my sorrows, Lord,
-new thy ?race the same
. art ever wont t' afford
To those that love thy name.
I flt Ludlow 8L Wantage 2^.
(Psa: .:.
Guilt of Conscience and Relief ; or, R<;
and Praytrfor Pardon and Htaith.
A> -Jth remem.'v:
Restore thy sen-ant, L
Nor let a Father's chastening prove
Like an avenger's sword.
Thine in ia my heart,
:row and the smart
int finds no rest.
3
heavy load appear,
And o'er my head are gone ;
Too heavy they for me to I
Too hard for me t' atone.
4
My thoughts are like a troubled sea,
ill bending down;
the day
Beneath my Father*! frown.
A. and broken <ore,
.ire whole ;
The inward wgiiiw m
-nguish of mv
dc-.ire to thee is known,
Thin ear,
y sigh, and every p
nly fv>pe ;
■ .ii bear my spirit up
\\ hen Satan bids me die.
They raise their pleasure and their pride,
W he int my feet.
But 111 confess rat guilt to thee,
Andgne^e I
I'll mour v graces be.
380, 381
CHRISTIAN.
3S2, 38:
10
My God, forgive my follies past,
And be for ever nigh;
O Lord of my salvation, haste,
Before thy servant die.]
380- Green's Hundred 89, Ulverston 179.
(Psalm 107. 2d Part. L.M.)
Correction for Sin, and Release by Prayer.
FROM age to age exalt his name,
God and his grace are still the same ;
He fills the hungry soul with food,
And feeds the poor with every good.
2
But if their hearts rebel and rise
Against the God that lules the skies,
If they reject his heavenly word,
And slight the counsels of the Lord;
3
He'll bring their spirits to the ground,
And no deliverer shall be found ;
Laden with grief they waste their breath
In darkness and the shades of death.
4
Then to the Lord they raise their cries,
He makes the dawning light arise,
And scatters all that dismal shade,
That hung so heavy round their head.
5
He cuts the bars of brass in two,
And lets the smiling prisoners thro' ;
Takes off the load of guilt and grief,
And gives the labouring soul relief.
a
O may the sons of men record
The wonderous goodness of the Lord !
How great his works! how kind his ways!
Let every tongue pronounce his praise.
381- Ulverston 179, Hot ham 224.
(Psalm 4. 1,2,3,5,6,7. L.M.)
Hearing of Prayer ; or, God our Portion,
and Christ our Hope.
OGOD of grace and righteousness,
Hear and attend when 1 complain ;
Thou hast enlarg'd me in distress,
Bow down a gracious ear again.
Ye sons of men, in vain ye try
To turn my glory into shame ;
How long will scoffers love to lie,
And dare reproach my Saviour's name!
3
Know that the Lord divides his saints
From all the tribes of men beside ;
He hears the cry of penitents
For the dear sake of Christ that dv'd.
4
When our obedient hands have done
A thousand works of righteousness,
We put oui trust in God alone,
And glory in his pardoning grace.
5
Let th' unthinking many say,
' Who will bestow some earthly good?'
But, Lord, thy light and love we pray,
Our souls desire this heavenly food.
Then shall my cheerful powers rejoice
At grace and favour so divine;
Nor will I change my happy choice
For all their corn, and all their wine.
382- Pauls 246, Ulverston 179.
(Psalm 85. 1—8. 1st Part. L.M.)
Waiting for an Answer to Prayer ; or, De-
liverance begun and completed.
LORD, thou hast call'd thy grace to mind,
Thou hast revers'd our heavy doom:
So God forgave when Israel sinn'd,
And brought his wandering captives home.
2
Thou hast begun to set us free,
And made thy fiercest wrath abate;
Now let our hearts be turn'd to thee,
And thy salvation be complete.
3
Revive our dying graces, Lord,
And let thy saints in thee rejoice;
Make known thy truth, fulfil thy word,
We wait for praise to tune our voice.
4
We wait to hear what God will say ;
He'll speak, and give his people peace;
But let them run no more astray,
Lest his returning wrath increase.
383. Fawcett 184, Ulverston 179.
(Psalm 51. 3d Part. L.M.)
The Backslider restored ; or, Repentance and
Faith in the Blood of Christ.
OTHOU that hear'st when sinners cry,
Tho' all my crimes before thee lie,
Behold them not with angry look,
But blot their memory from thy book.
Create my nature pure within,
And form my soul averse to sin :
Let thy good Spirit ne'er depart,
Nor hide thy presence from my heart.
3
I cannot live without thy light,
Cast out and banish 'd from thy sight:
Thine holy joys, my God, restore,
And guard me that 1 fall no more.
4
Tho' 1 have griev'd thy Spirit, Lord,
His help and comfort still afford:
And let a wretch come near thy throne
To plead the merits of thy Son.
A broken heart, my God, my king,
Is all the sacrifice I bring;
The God of grace will ne'er despise
A broken heart for sacrifice.
6
My soul lies humbled in the dust,
And owns thy dreadful sentence just;
Look down, O Lord, with pitying eye,
And save the soul condemn'd to die.
7
Then will I teach the world thy ways;
Sinners shall learn thy sovereign grace;
I'll lead them to my Saviour's blood,
And they shall praise a pardoning God.
CHRISTIAN.
38G, 387
.• love inspire ir.v tongue;
Salvation shall be a.l mi song;
And .ill OB) pow< • Men
The Lord, ni) strength and righteousness.
J ', Grmehoust 1 VJ.
Hang
(Hrmn95. B. :. CM.}
loot on him -whom th i mourn.
IN F 1 N 1TI l
Behold in> bk
H< II an. I tin- | I his death,
; us'it the Roman sword.
Oli, the sharp pangs of smarting pain
Mj dear Redeemer bore,
\\ hen knotty whips and ragged thorns
His tacred bod\ tore!
3
But knotty whips and ragged thorns
]n vain do 1 accuse,
In vain I blame the Roman bands,
And the more spiteful Jews.
4
Twere von, mj tint, my cruel sin?,
Hi> chief tormentors were ,
my <■ i i m s be* tax a nail,
And unbelict the spear.
5
Twere you that pull'd the vengeance down
r hi> fuiltless bead:
.n> heart, oh burst mine eyes,
And let my sorrows bleed.
<;
my Bint] soul
Till melting ■
i n mine eyes
in undtasembled «
1 17.
- 1st Y\. 1 . II.]
. ranee from De pair ; or, lempta-
iiom overcome.
T1ILE will 1 love, () I ocd, my strength,
My ruck, my lower, m) high defence ;
hty arm shall Le my UUst,
...e found salvation thence.
Death, and the terrors of the
■and me with their disinal shade;
temptations
And made mj sinking >oui a
3
I saw the opening gates of hell,
w ith endless pains and sorrows ilere,
Which none but the) that teel can tell,
\\ bile l was hurry M to despair.
In my distress I call'd ' mj I
W hen 1 could scar, e believe him mine ;
He bow'd his ear to mj complaint,
Then did his grate appear divine.
5
[With speed he flew to my •
A- on a cherub's wing he rode ;
Awtul and bright a- lightning shone
The uce of my delivciei, God.
remptationt fled at hi, rebuke,
The bla-t ol In, almighty breath;
Ik- sent salvation from on high,
And drew me from the deeps of death. ,'
7
Great were in i were great,
Much was their strength, and more their
But Christ. m\ Lord, is ronqucror still
In all the wais that dev lis wage.
B
My song for ever shall record
That terrible, that joyful hour;
re the glory to the Lord
Due to his mercy and his power.
386. Newtmry 132, Worksop 31. Iri.h 171.
Pialm k). ver. \,'2, 3, 5, 17. 1st Part. C. M.)
A Song of Deliverance from great DutnUS,
IW All 1.1) patient for the Lord,
He bow'd to hear my en ;
lie saw me resting on his word,
And brought salvation nigh.
U
He rais'd me from a horrid pit
W here mourning long I lay,
And from my bonds releas'd my feet,
Deep bonds of miry clay.
3
Firm on a rock he made me stand,
And taught my cheerful tongue
To praise the wonden of his hand,
In a new thankful song.
4
I'll spread his works of grace abroad;
I he saints with joy shall hear,
And sinners learn to make my God,
Their only hoj»e and tear.
5
How many are thy thoughts of love!
Tin mercies, Lord, how great!
We have not words nor hours enough
Their numbers to repeat.
6
When I'm afflicted, poor and low,
And light and peace depart.
And bears me on his heart.
J8T- RyhinJ 46- BroeLrips iyi,Aynhot I OB.
. Imol. ver. 1—6. S. M.)
Safely in God.
WHEN overwhelm'd with ?rief
art within me die.-,
Ilelpi. l) all relief
iven 1 iittmine eyes.
0 lead me to the rock
That's high above my head,
And make the covert of thy wings
M\ shelter and mv shade.
within thy presence, Lord,
1 or eva I'll abide ;
Thou art the tower of my defence,
The refuge where 1 hide.
3S8,389
4
Thou givest me the lot
Of those that fear thy name ;
If endless life be their reward,
I shall possess the same.
388- Kingsbridge 83, Ulverston 179.
(Hymn 50. B.2. L.M.))
Comfort under Sorrows and Pains.
NOW let the Lord my Saviour smile,
And shew my name upon his heart,
I would forget my pains awhile,
And in the pleasure lose the smart.
2
But Oh it swells my sorrows high
To see my blessed jesus frown,
My spirits sink, my comforts die,
And all the springs of life are down.
3
Yet why, my soul, why these complaints?
Still while he frowns, his bowels move;
Still on his heart he bears his saints,
And feels their sorrows and his love.
4
My name is printed on his breast;
His book of life contains my name ;
I'd rather have it there impress'd
Than in the bright records of fame.
5
When the last fire burns all things here
Those letters shall securely stand,
And in the Lamb's fair book appear
Writ by th' eternal Father's hand.
6
Now shall my minutes smoothly run,
Whilst here 1 wait my Father's will;
My using and my setting sun
Roll gently up and down the hill.
389- Lebanonl9, Manning 245, Portugal91
(Hymn 102. B.l. L.M.)
The Beatitudes, Matt. v. 3—12.
["DLESS'D are the humble souls that see
|_ Jj Their emptiness and poverty ;
Treasures of grace to them are given,
And crowns of joy laid up in heaven.]
2
[Bless'd are the men of broken heart,
Who mourn for sin with inward smart;
The blood of Christ divinely Hows,
A healing balm for all their woes.]
3
[Bless'd are the meek, who stand afar
From rage and passion, noise and war;
God will secure their happy state,
And plead their cause against the great.]
4
[Bless'd are the souls that thirst for grace,
Hunger and long for righteousness,
They shall be well supply'd and fed,
With living streams and living bread.]
5
[Bless'd are the men whose bowels move
And melt with sympathy and love ;
From Christ the Lord shall they obtain
Like sympathy and love ajjain.J
CHRISTIAN.
390, 391
[Bless'd are the pure, whose hearts are clean
From the defiling powers of sin,
With endless pleasure they shall see
A God of spotless puntv.]
7
[Bless'd are the men of peaceful life,
Who quench the coals of growing strife,
They shall be call'd the heirs of bliss,
The sons of God, the God of peace.]
8
[Bless'd are the sufferers who partake
Of pain and shame for Jesus' sake;
Their souls shall triumph in the Loid,
Glory and joy are their reward.]
390- Lebanon 79, Ulverston 197.
(Hymn 43. B. 2. 2d Part. L.M.)
The Christian Treasure, 1 Cor. iii. 21.
HOW vast the treasure we possess !
How rich thy bounty, king of grace!
This world is ours, and worlds to come ;
Earth is our lodge, and heaven our home.
2
All things are ours, the gifts of God ;
The purchase of a Saviour's blood :
While the good Spirit shews us how
To use and to improve them too.
3
If peace and plenty crown my days,
They help me, Lord, to speak thy praise:
If bread of sorrows be my food,
Those sorrows work my lasting good.
4
1 would not change my blest estate
For all the world calls good or great :
And while my faith can keep her hold,
I envy not the sinner's gold.
5
Father, I wait thy daily will;
Thou shalt divide my portion still :
Grant me on earth what seems thee best,
Till death and heaven reveal the rest.
39 1 . Otford 106, Cambridge New74,
Follett 181.
(Hymn 53. B. 2. CM.)
The Pilgrimage of the Saints.
LORD ! what a wretched land is this
That yields us no supply !
No cheering fruits, no wholesome trees,
Nor sti earns of living joy!
2
But pricking thorns thro' all the ground-
And mortal poisons grow,
And all the rivers that are found
With dangerous waters how.
3
Yet the dear path to thine abode
Lies thro' this horrid land ;
Lord ! we would keep the heavenly roady
And run at thy command.
[Our souls shall tread the desert through
W ith undiverted feet ;
And faith and flaming zeal subdue
The terrors thai w^ meet.]
CHRISTIAN.
94 .
[A tlic»: prey
Uou:
But JU'!
And guides thestrangen home.]
(>
■v-ihts and darkness dwell below,
- a twinkling i
Bm the l>nght world to which we go
Is everlasting
nmering hopes and gloomy fears
Thro1 dismal deeps and dangerous mares
We make uur way to God.]
8
Our journey is a thorn.
But we inarch upward >.till ;
•t the ways
And reach at /ion's bill.
9
■ kind angels at the gates
Inriting
There jetos the nwerunnei waits
travellers home.
10
There on a green and flowery mount
our weary souk shall sit,
And with transporting joys recount
abour* of cuii
II
B discourse shall fill our tongue,
trifles \e\ our ear.
Infinite grace shall l>e our song,
And God rejoice to hear.
19
Eternal dories to the King
That DTOUghl US Bsfd] through;
maO never cease to sing,
And endless praise renew.
^n streams 03.
u 100. B 2. I
The Presence of Christ it the Life of my Soul.
f T TOW full of anguish is the tl
L 11 How it di-tiat ts and tears my heart.
It God at last, mj sovereign judge,
Should frown, and hid mv soul, Depart.}
8
Loril, when I quit this earthly stage,
•ull I rly but to thy breast?
For 1 have sought no other home;
For I have learn't no other rest.
3
I cannot live contented here,
Without some glimpses of th]
And heaven w.thout thy presence there
Would be a dark and tiresome place.
4
When earthly cares engross the day,
And hold my thou;' thee,
The shining hours of cheerful light
Are long and tedious yean to me.
And if no evening visit's paid
Between my Saviour and m
;ll the night! I sdc :
How mournfully die minutes roll!
ITiis flesh of mine might learn as soon
To live, yet part with all my blood ;
in breathe when viral th is gone,
Or thrive tnd grow without my food.
7
mj Ii:;ht, my life, my care,
M> blessed hope, my heavenly prize,
Dearer than ail raj passions are,
M\ limbs, raj bowels, or m\ I
8
The strings that twine about my heart,
Tortures and racks may tear them off;
Bui they can m \cr, never part
With their dear hold of Christ my love.]
9
My God! and can an humble child
That loves thee with a flame so high
Be ever I exil'd
Without the pity ot thine eye?
10
ile— For thine own hands
Have t\\i mj heart so fast to thee;
And in thy book the promise stands,
That where thou an thy friends must be.]
cen.ion 116,
Hammond I
(Hymn 54. B.2. CM.)
God's Pre.euce is Light in Darkness.
MY God. the spring of all my joys,
The life of my delights,
The glory of my brightest days,
And comfort of my nights.'
In darkest shades if he appear,
Mi dawning is begun;
He i> my soul*! iweel morning-star.
And he mv listng sntk
3
The opening heavens around me diine
With beams ofsacred
While Jesus thews his heart is mine,
And Whispers, / .///; his!
A
My i ml would leave this heavy clay
At that transporting
Run up with joy the shinin..
T' embrace my dearest Lord.
Fearless of hell and ghastly death
I'd break thro' even
• ot love, and arms of faith
Should bear me conqueror through.
;,!<!. UUm ljo, Brighton S
I ML ver. 13, kc. 3d Part. CM.)
Breathing afer Heaven.
RETURN, 0 God ot to**, return;
Lai ih is a tiresome olace :
ng slull we thy children moura
Our absence from Oq
Let heaven succeed our painful years,
Let sin and sorrow i
And in proportion to our :
jo make our jo>s in
395, 396
SAINTS AND SINNERS.
397, 398
Thy wonders to thy servants show,
Make thy own work complete,
Then shall our souls thy glory know,
And own thy love was great.
4
Then shall we shine before thy throne
In all thy beauty, Lord ;
And the poor service we have done
Meet a divine reward.
395. Newington 61, Fo/lett\8l,Otford 106.
(Hymn 65. B.2. CM.)
The Hope of Heaven our Support under
Trials on Earth.
WHEN I can read my title clear
To mansions in the skies,
1 bid farewell to every fear,
And wipe my weeping eves.
2
Should earth against my soul engage,
And hellish darts be hurl'd.
Then I can smile at Satan's rage,
And face a frowning world.
Let cares like a wild deluge come,
And storms of sorrow fall,
May I but safely reach my home,
My God, my heaven, my all.
4
There shall I bathe my weary soul
In seas of heavenly rest.
And not a wave of trouble roll
Across my peaceful breast.
Z96- Kingsbridge 88, Ulverston 179.
(Hymn 117. B.2. L.M.)
Living and dying -with God present.
I CAN NOT bear thine absence, Lord,
My life expires if thou depart ;
Be thou, my heart, still near my God,
And thou, my God, be near my heart.
2
I was not born for earth and sin,
Nor can 1 live on things so vile ;
Yet I would stay my Father's time,
And hope and wait for heaven awhile.
3
Then, dearest Lord, in thine embrace
Let me resign my fleeting breath,
And with a smile upon my face
Pass the important hour of death.
SAINTS AND SINNERS.
397- Paul's 246, Wareham 117.
(Psalm 1. L. M.)
The Difference between the Righteous and
the Wicked.
HAPPY the man, whose cautious feet
Shun the broad way that sinners go,
Who hates the place where atheists meet,
And fears to talk as scoffers do.
2
He loves t' employ his morning light
Amongst the statutes of the Lord ;
And spends the wakeful hours of night,
With pleasure pondering o'er the word.
. :)
He, like a plant by gentle streams,
Shall flouri-h in immortal green ;
And heaven will shine with kindest beams
On every work his hands begin.
4
But sinners find their counsels crost ;
As chaff before the tempest Hies,
So shall their hopes be blown ami lost,
When the last trumpet shakes the skies,
5
In vain the rebel seeks to stand
In judgment with the pious race;
The dreadful judge with stern command
Divides him to a different place.
' Straight is the way my saints have trod,
' 1 blest the path and drew it plain ;
' But you would choose the crooked road,
' And down it leads to endless pain.'
398- Eagle Street New 55, Aynhoe 103.
(Psalm 1. S.M.)
The Saint happy, the Sinner miserable*
THE man is ever blest
Who shuns the sinners ways,
Among their counsels never stands,
Nor takes the scorner's place ;
2
But makes the law of God
His study and delight,
Amidst the labours of the day,
And watches of the night,
3,
He like a tree shall thrive,
With waters near the root;
Fresh as the leaf his name shall live,
His works are heavenly fruit
4.
Not so th' ungodly race.
They no such blessings find :
Their hopes shall flee like empty chaff
Before the driving wind.
yjo, 400
SAINTS AND SINNERS.
401, 409
m will they beat t<> stand
■ Dial judgmen
i thand
in tun assembly in--- ■
o
H \n -ws. and he approves
. iv ihc right* i
But sinners and then »-«iik» shall meet
. adful overthrow
399- Crawl t 3, Bedford 9 1 .
Am 119. 1st Pari. C.
7"^ Blessedness ofSaints,andMisery of Sinners.
Ver, I .
BLES1 an- ih" underird in heart,
\\ hose «j^ an.- rigfal and clean ;
Who never from thj law depart,
But rl\ from even sin.
Blest are the men that keep thy word,
And practise thy comnuuids;
With their win. It- heart they seek the Lord,
I rve thee with their hands.
Ver. 165.
Great h their peace who love thy law ;
How firm their souis abide!
: ( temptation draw
Mead] feel aside.
\ er. 6.
Then shall my heart have inward joy,
And keep my face from shame,
When all thy statutes I obey,
And honour all thv name.
I. 118.
But haughty sinners God will hate,
The proud shall die .
tl of falsbood and deceit
Are trodden to the dott
Ver. 1
I are;
And those that leave thy ways
Shall see ■
But never taste thy grace.
400- Ormmk
(Psalm I. i
The Way and End of the Righteous and the
m i
Bnian who shuns the place
\S here MUM
...es the SCOffei
-
But in the statutes of the Lord
lelight;
or hear, the wotd,
And meditates b) night.
3
[He like a plant >t generous kind,
B] h\ .
sting w.nd,
Enjoys a peatetul state.]
V
Green as the leai and eve;
shall shine,
While fruits of holiness appear
Like ciuj-.eri on tlte vine.
Not so the impious and unjust ;
\\ hai \jiii design* die] form!
Their hop' uj; like dust,
Or chan before the Mora.
6
sinners in judgment shall not stand
; the sons ol
\\ hen Christ the judge, at his right hand,
Appoints his saints a .
7
■holds the path they tread,
Hi> hear; approves it well';
But crooked ways ol sinners lead
Down to the gates of hell.
101. fafalftl, Fo:r?h, Salem 139.
(Psalm .:. ?er. .'.—37. 3d Part. CM.)
The Same.
MY God, the steps of pious men
Are order "d by thy wfflj
1 ho' the] should tali. the] iin- again,
Thy hand supports them still.
g
■
I heir virtue he appi
He'll ne'er deprive them of his grace,
ive the men he loves.
3
The heavenly heiitage is theirs,
Their portion and their home ;
•id makes them heirs
-:ngs long to come.
4
Wait on the L< I nen,
ir wtw n tyrants frown,
Ye shall confess their pride was vain,
\\ hen justice casts iliem di
PA I
The haughty sinner have I seen,
mg man n< i
Like a tall bay-tree fair and green,
Spreading his arms abroad.
6
And !o • he vanish'd from the ground,
I d b> hands m
;, nor branch, nor leaf was found
W here all that pride had been.
7
But mark the man of righteousness,
Hi- c\ era! Mepi attend;
-are runs thio' all 1.
And |>eacetul is his end.
. Prague 166,
/ 31.
(Psalm 37. ver. 1—15. 1st Part, i
The Cur
. and the
Saint, Pai.r
\\ ' 11V should 1 u'\ pv soul, and fret
> • I rise I
B> violence and lies!
403
SAINTS AND SINNERS.
404, 405
As flowery grass cut down at noon,
Before the evening fades,
So shall their glories vanish soon
In everlasting shades.
3
Then let me make the Lord my trust,
And practise all that's good ;
So shall I dwell among the just,
And he'll provide me food.
4
I to my God my ways commit,
And cheerful wait his will j
Thy hand, which guides my doubtful feet,
Shall my desires fulfil.
5
Mine innocence shalt thou display,
And make thy judgments known,
Fair as the light of dawning day,
And glorious as the noon.
6
The meek at last the earth possess,
And are the heirs of heaven j
True riches, with abundant peace,
To humble souls are given.
PAUSE.
Rest in the Lord and keep his way,
Nor let your anger rise
Tho' providence should long delay-
To punish haughty vice.
8
Let sinners join to break your peace,
And plot, and rage, and foam;
The Lord derides them, for he sees
Their day of vengeance come.
9
They have drawn out the threatening sword,
Have bent the murderous bow,
To slay the men that fear the Lord
And bring the righteous low.
10
My God shall break their bows, and burn
Their persecuting darts,
Shall their own swords against them turn
And pain surprise their hearts.
4 03 • Worksop 3 1 , Bedford 9 1 .
(Psalm 94. ver. 1, 2, 7— 14. 1st Part. C. M.)
Saints chastised, and Sinners destroyed; or,
instructive Afflictions.
OGOD, to whom revenge belongs,
Proclaim thy wrath aloud;
Let sovereign power redrew our wrongs,
Let justice smite the proud.
2
They say, The lord nor sees nor hears;
W hen will the fools be wise !
Can he be deaf who form'd their ears?
Or blind, who made their eves '
3
He knows their impious thoughts are vain,
And they shall feel his power ;
His wrath shall pierce their souls with pain
In some surprising hour.
4
But if thy saints deserve rebuke,
Thou hast a gentler rod ;
Thy providences and thy book
Shall make them know their Gcd.
Blest is the man thy lunds chastise,
And to his duty draw ;
Thy scourges make thy childien wise
\\ hen they forget thy Jaw.
6
But God will ne'er cast off his saints,
Nor his own promise break ;
He pardons his inheritance
1 or their Redeemei "s sake.
401- Babylon Streams 23, Angels Hymn 60.
(Psalm 11. L. M.)
Cod loves the Righteous, and hates the
Wicked.
MY refuge is the God of love,
Why do my foes insult and cry,
' Fly like a timorous trembling dove,
• To distant woods or mountains fly"
2
If government be all destroyed.
(That firm foundation of our peace)
And violence make justice void,
\\ here shall the righteous seek redress?
3
The Lord in heaven has fix'd his throne,
His eye surveys the world below ,
To him all mortal things are known,
His eyelids search our spirits through.
4
If he afflicts his saints so far
To prove their love, and try their grace,
What may the bold transgressors fear?
His very soul abhors their wavs.
5
On impious wretches he shall rain
Tempests of brimstone, fire, and death,
Such as he kindled on the plain
Of Sodom with his angry breath.
6
The righteous Lord loves righteous souls,
Whose thoughts and actions are sincere;
And with a gracious eye beholds
The men that his own image bear.
405- Newcastle 20, Aynhoe 108, RyiandW.
(Psalm 17. ver. 13, &c. S.M.)
Portion of Saints and Sinners ; or, Hope and
Despair in Death.
ARISE, my gracious God.
And make the wicked flee;
They are but thy chastising rod
To drive thy saints to thee.
2
Behold the sinner dies,
His haughty words are vain ;
Here in this life his pleasure lies,
And all bevond is pain.
3
Then let hU pride advance,
And boast of all his store;
The Lord is my inheritance,
Mj s< ul can wish no more.
4
1 shall behold the face
Of my forgiving God,
And stand complete in righteousness,
Wash'd in my Saviour's blood.
406, I WOKM!!!'
There' n begun,
u hen I iwakc from death,
Dresl in the likeness ol thj Son,
And draw immortal breath.
10m. Brmm I « 179.
(Palm it. L. m.)
Tht Sinner's Portion and Saint's Hope ; or,
avert of separate Soul ',. and the Re-
I muv.
LORP. I am thine; but thou wilt prove
M> faith, m> patience, and my love:
u hen men oi iprte against me nun.
They are the sword, the lund is thine.
Their hope and portion lie below;
Til all the happiness Ihej kfl
'I in all thej Met ; they take their th
And leave the rest among their heirs.
J
W hat sinners value, 1 resign ;
til enough that thou art mine ;
I shall behold lh\ blissful face,
And stand complete in righteousn
4
- a dream, an empty show ;
But the bright world to which 1 go
Hath joys substantial and tin
\\ ben shall I wake, and find me there?
0 glorious hour' O blest abode!
1 mall be near and like m> I
- I and sin no more controul
red pleasnies of the soul.
ill slumber in the ground,
( Till the IjNt tiumpefs ioyt'ul sound ;
Then burst the chains with sweet surprise,
: And in my Saviour* image
. Ecmmu'j 190.
Psalm ik'. I
Praise God, all his Saints ; or,th- I
A that love the i
..i K>ngi be '
Amidst the church with cheerfuJ voice
His later wonders >hew.
The Jews, the people of his .•■
shall their Redeem .
And Gentile nations join the .
While /ion owns her King.
3
["he i ord '..ikes pleasure in the just,
Whom sinners treat with »
The meek that he de>pis\l in dust
Salvation -hall adorn.
4
Saints should be joyful in their King,
E\ 'n on a dyil
And like the souls in glory -ing,
For God shall raise the r*
5
Then his high praise shall fill their tongue*,
rheir hands shall wield the s>
And vengeance shall attend their songs,
The vengeance of the Lord.
6
W hen Christ his judgment-seat ascends,
And bids the world appear,
Thrones are prepar'd for all his friends,
\\ bo humblr lov'd hiin here.
7
Then shall they rule with iron rod
Nation^ that d.:r\l :■
Ami join ihe sentence of their God
On tyrants doom'd to hell.
The royal sinners bound in chains",
New triumphs shall .
Such honour for the saints remains:
• ye, and love the Lord.
WORSHIP.
PR1\ - 1 IIP.
(Hymn IfiS. B. '. L.M )
Retire-
MY God, permit me not to be
Amidst a thousand thi
Why should my passions mix with earth,
And thus debase my heavenly birth'
U hy should 1 cleave to things below,
And let my G : go'
Call rr.e away from flesh and
• an drew me thence;
1 would obey the \oiie divine,
And ail inferior io\s resign.
4
Be earth with all her scenes withdrawn,
In secret silence of the
•id there niv God I und.
L
409, 410, 411
409- Great Milton 212, Stamford 9.
(Psalm 119. 2d Fart. CM.)
Secret Devotion and Spiritual-mind* dness ;
or, Constant convene uith God.
Ver. 147. 55.
TO thee, before the dawning light,
M.; gracious God, 1 pray;
I meditate thy name by night,
And keep thy law bv da v.
Ver. 81.
My spirit faints to see thy grace,
Thy promise bears me up;
And while salvation long delays,
Thy word supports mv hope.
Ver. 164.
Seven times a day I lift my hands,
And pay my thanks to thee ;
Thy righteous providence demands
Repeated praise from me.
Ver. 62.
When midnight darkness veils the skies,
1 call thy works to mind;
My thoughts in warm devotion rise,
And sweet acceptance find.
4 1 0- Works-worth 158, Broderip; 252.
(Psalrn55. ver. 15—17, 19,22. 5.11.)
Dangerous Prosperity ■ or, daily Devotions
encouraged.
LET sinneas take their course,
And choose the road ;•> death;
But in the worship of my God
I'll spend my daily breath.
My thought* ad'.re.s Lis throne
When morning brings the light;
I seek his blessing every noon,
And pay my vows at night.
3
Thou wilt regard my cries,
O my eternal God,
While sinners perish in surprise
Beneath thine angiy rod.
4
Because they dwell at ease,
And no sad changes feel,
neither rear nor trust thy name,
Nor learn to uo thy will.
5
Eut 1 with all my care,
\\ ill lean upon the Loid,
111 ca>t my burdens on his arm,
And rest upon his w< rd.
i.
His arm shall well sustain
The i hildren of his love ;
The ground on which their safety stands
No earthly power can move.
411 -J,King;bridge88,
(Psalm 26. L.M.)
Self-examination t or, Evidences of Grace.
J I UGE me, O Lord, and pnne nrj ways,
; try my rein-, ana tr. mj heart ;
th upon thy promise stay-,
Nor trom thy law my feet depart.
WORSHIP.
412, 4 ir,
I hate to walk, I hate to sit
With men of vanity and lies ;
The scoffer and the hypocrite
Are the abhorrence of mine eves.
3
Amongst thy saints will I appear,
V\ ith hands well wash'd in innocence ;
But when I stand before thy bar,
The blood of Christ is my defence.
4
I love thy habitation, Lord,
The temple where thine honours dwell ;
There shall I hear thine holy word,
And there thy works of wonder tell.
5
Let not my soul be join'd at last
With men of treachery and blood,
Since I my days on earth have past
Among the saints, and near my God.
FAMILY WORSHIP.
412- Salem 139, Bedford 9 ],Cr<ntle 3.
(Psalm 101. CM.)
A Psalm for a Master of a Family.
OF justice and of grace I sing.
And pay my God my vows ;
Thy grace and justice, heavenly King,
Teach me to rule m\ house.
2
Now to my tent, O God, repair,
And make thy servant wise ;
111 suffer nothing near me there
That shall offend thine e\cs.
3
The man that doth his neighbour wrong,
By falshood or by force,
The scornful eye, the slanderous tongue,
I'll thrust them from my doors.
4
I'll seek the faithful and the just
And will their help enjoy;
These are the friends that 1 shall trust,
The servants III employ.
5
The wretch, that deals in sly deceit,
111 not endure a night ;
The liar's toagoe I ever hate,
And banish from my sight.
6
I'll purge my family around,
And make the wicked flee;
So shall my house be e\er found
A dwelling fit for thee.
413. Marks 65, Rochford 22.
(Psalm 127. L.M.)
The Blessing of God on th* business and
Comforts of Lije.
IF God succeed not, all the < ost
I pains to build the house are lo t:
li God the city will not keep,
lhc watchful guards as well may sleep.
♦14, 115
PUBLIC WORSHIP
416, 417, 418
Wl.lt :■
. ■. i> done,
Careful i
To ibun that p
Tisall in vain, till God hath blest ;
make rich, vet jive ui rest :
too,
if God our sovereign make them so.
4
Happy the man
Obedient children, faithful friends:
.! .i.ui> a mfortj prove
W i.en ilit-;. _.
1 l j . Sakm I , Grtai
( . M.
Uc.i till in all.
IF God to build the house dvn\,
The tu vain;
And towns, without lus wakeful eye,
An useless watch maintain.
ming beams arise,
painful work .
And till the stars ascend the skies,
Your tiresome toil pursue.
. .;nd coarse your faiej
In vain, till God has blest ;
Bat if his smile* attend yon;
You shall : . icst.
V
Nor children, relatives, aor friends,
rove,
s. i ail the earthlj toys he sends,
t without his love.
•1 ! 5 • Fuvman 135,
Wilt shirt 110.
(Psahi
Family Blessings.
O HAPPY man whose soul is fill'd
\\ uh zeal and reverend awe:
Hi* lips to God their honours yield.
His life adorns the law.
|
A careful Providence shall -tand
And ever guard thy head.
Shall on the labours of thy band
It5 kindlj blessings shed.
[Tliy wife ^hall be a fruitful vine;
Children round thy board,
Each like a plant of honour -tunc,
i learn to tear the Lord.]
1
The Lord shall thy best hopes fulfil
tor months and jrears to ^
The Lord, who dwells on /ion's hill,
shall send thee blessings home.
This is the man whose happy eyes
Shall see his bouse i
Shall see the sinking church
Then leave the world in pi
1 111
. Worship
in ,i .' .
Bi i S I are the sons i I
vs hose hearts and hopes are one,
Whose kind designs to serve and please,
Thro' all their actions run.
Blest i>> the pious house
Where zeal and friendship meet.
Their songs of praise, their mingle;
Make then communion sweet.
.;
Thus when on Aaron's head
They pour'd the rich perfume,
The oil thro' all his raiment spread,
And pleasure fill'd the room.
4
Thus on the heavenly hills
The saints are blest a
Where joy like morning dew distils,
And all the air is love.
117- Dulston 85, John's 133.
(Psalm 133- 1 aim.)
The Bles.ings of Friendship.
How pleasant 'us i
Kindred and friends agree,
Each in their proper station m
Hi their part
With sympathising heart,
In all the cares of life and love'
Tis like the ointment shed
On Aaion's sacred head,
Divinelj rich, divinely
The oil, thro' all the room,
Ditius'd a choice perfume,
Ran thro' his robe*, and blest his feet.
rruittul showers of rain,
1 hat water all the plain,
ling from the neighbouring hills;
such streams of pleasure roll
Thro' every friendl) SOUl,
Where love like heavenly dew distils.
Repeal the first stanza n iomfUte tht turn.
PUBLIC WORSHIP.
418- Oxford ! ;,J, Sou.'hu-uri
(Psalm 188, *
Going to Chw\h.
Hi my heart rejoice to hear
My friends devoUtl] >ay,
n let us all appear,
1 And keep the solemn dav"
1 love her gates, I love the road ;
The church adorn'd with fl
Stands tike a pa
419, 420
WORSHIP.
421, 422
Vp to her courts with joys unknown
The holy tribes repair ;
The Son of David holds his throne,
And sits in judgment thert.
4
He hears our praises and complaints;
And while his awful voice
Divides the sinners from the saints,
We tremble and rejoice.
5
Pt>ace be within this sacred place,
And joy a constant guest!
With holy gifts and heavenly grace
Be her'attendants blest!
6
My soul shall pray for Zion still,
While life or breath remains;
There my best friends, my kindred dwell,
There God my Saviour reigns.
419. Prescc:t 254, Dalston 85, John's 138.
(P^alm 122. Proper Tune.)
The same.
HOW pleas'd and blest was I
To hear the people cry,
♦Come, let us seek our God to day!'
Yes, with a cheerful zeal,
We haste to Zinn's hill,
And there our vows and honours pay.
2
Zion, thrice happy place,
Adorn'd with wonderous grace,
And walls of strength embrace thee round ;
In thee our tribes appear
To pray, and praise, and hear
The sacred gospel's joyful sound.
There David's greater Son
Hasrix'd his royal throne,
He sits for grace and judgment there;
He bids the saint be glad,
He makes the sinner sal,
And humble souls rejoice with fear.
4
Mav peace attend thy gate,
And joy within thee wait
To bless the soul of every guest!
The man that seeks thy peace,
And wishes thine increase,
A thousand blessings on him rest!
5
My tongue repeats her vows,
' Peace to this sacred house !'
For there my friends and kindred dwell;
And since my glorious God
Makes thee his blest abode,
My soul shall ever love thee well.
Repeat tin fourth stanza to complete the tune.
420- George's 2, Western Favel 27,
Sydenh un \'j.
(Psalm 134. CM.)
Daily and nightly Devotion.
YE that obej the immortal King,
Attend hs holy place,
Bow to the glories of his power,
And bless his wondc.ous grace.
Lift up your hands by morning light,
And send your souls on high;
Raise your admiring thoughts by night
Above the starry skv.
3
The God of Zion cheers our hearts
With rays of quickening grace ;
The God that spreads the heavens abroad,
And rules the swelling seas.
421- London 180, Abridge 201, J amefi 163.
t. 89. ver. 7, &c 2d Part. C. M.)
The Power and Majesty of God ; or reveren-
tial Worship.
WITH reverence let the saints appear
And bow before the Lord,
His high commands with reverence hear,
And tremble at his word.
2
How terrible thy glories be!
How bright thine armies shine !
Where K the power that vies with thee?
Or truth compar'd to thine ?
3
The northern pole and southern rest
On thy supporting hand ;
Darkness and day from ea»t to west
Move round at thy command.
'4
Thy words the raging wind controul,
And rule the boisterous deep ;
Thou mak'st the sleeping billows roll,
The rolling billows sleep.
5
Heaven, earth, and air, and sea are thine,
And the dark world of hell :
How did thine arm in vengeance shine
When Egvpt durst rebel!
6
Justice and judgment are thy throne,
Yet wonderous is thy grace ;
\\ hile truth and mercy join'd in one
Invite us near thy face.
422- Sprague 166, Bedford 91.
(Hymn 108. B.2. CM.)
Access to the Throne of Grace by a Mediator'
COME let us lift our joyful eyes
Up to the courts above,
And smile to see our Father there
Upon a throne of love.
2
Once 'twas a seat of dreadful wrath,
And shot devouring flame ;
Our God appear'd consuming jire,
And vengeance was his name.
3
Rich were the drops of Jesus' blood
That calm'd his frowning face,
That sprinkled o'er the burning throne,
And turn'd the wrath to grace.
4
N< " we may b^w before his feet,
And venture near the Lord ;
No fiery cherub guards hi? seat,
Nor double n" aming sword.
423, i:i
PUILIC WORSHIP.
Hie peaceful gate* ol heavenly bliss
•I't-n'il l>v tin -
High lot us raise «>ur notes ot Drake,
And reach the ahnight) throne.
'»
To thee ten thoaaaad thanks are bring,
Great Advocate on
And glory to th' eternal king
'I hat lays hta furj b] .
. Rothwll 174,
:T".
(Hymn 15. u. I. :
Gotfs Condescension to our WtrAip,
Til V favours, I ord, surprise our souls;
Will the Eternal dwell with us>
What cii^t thou lind beneath the |H)les
To tempt thy chariot downward thus *
j
Still might he fill his -.tarry throne,
And please his ears with Gabrieft
But tn' heavenly majesty coana down,
And bow> to hearken to our tongues.
;
Great God, what poor returns we pay
love to infinite as thine'
Words are but air, and tongues but clay,
But thy compassion's all divine.
Ueds 19, Lin
5.? W- .-.
(Psalm 84. 1st Pan. I .11.]
The Plea ure of public Worship.
How pleasant, how divinely fair,
;-, lb] dwellii
With long desire my ipil it faint]
: 'lies of tin «amts.
o
My fle-h would rest in thine abode,
My panting heart cries out tor God ;
God! my King! why should I be
So far from all im iovs and thee?
3
The sparrow chooses where to rest,
And for her young provides her nest ;
Bat will my God to sparrows gr.int
That pleasure which his children want'
4
• are the saints who sit on high,
id thy throne <>r BM
. .1 their work is praise and love.
Blest are the souls that find a place
H it'mn the temple
There they behold thy gentler i
And m in thv praise.
(i
are the men whose Leans ■
IK ;
- their strength, and through the road
i\m upon their help<
ful they walk with giowing strength,
Till all shall meet in heaven at length,
| Till all before thj t
:n in uobier worship there.
(Psalm 81. 2d Part. I. V
God and hi Church ; or, Gt .
G-
Thejoy thai ttom thy presen
To ipend one day with thee on eaitfl
: a thousand da>s ot mirth.
Might 1 enjoy the meanest place
V\ ithin thine house, O God ol
Not tents of ease. BOI thrones ol ,>o\ver,
should tempt im feet to leave thy door.
.;
God i- our sun. he makes our day;
God is our shield, he guaids our way
From all th* as-aults ot hell diui sin,
Prom foes without, and foes within.
\
All needful grace will God bestow,
And crown that grace with glorv :
II • gives u> all things, and withholds
No leal good from upright souls.
5
. "Ur King, whose sovereign
The glorious hosts ot heaven
And devils at thy presence flee,
Bleat is the man that trusts in thee.
I .'t>'. fltoajrWw'91, PtmmSSS, Spragm 166.
V.1, 1,2,3,10. Paraphrase*:
Delight in Ord
Kt in hi; Lhurche.'.
MY soul, how lovely is the place
To which th> God r I
Tis heaven to see his smiling face,
Tho' in his earthly court-.
Tbeie the great Monarch ot the skies
Mis living power displays.
And light bieaks in upon our eyes
\\ ith kind and quickening ravs.
3
With his rich gifts the heavenly Dove
Descends and fills the
\\ lule Christ reveals his wonderous love,
And sheds abroad his gr.ue.
4
There, mighty < ds declare
The secrets of thy will ;
And Still mere,
- -till.'
PAl
My heart and flesh cry out r. .
.r from thine abode;
hall 1 tread thy courts, and
.our and m;. I
8
The sparrow builds becselfa neat,
And sutlers no ren.
O make me, like the sj
To dwell but where I love.
To sit one day beneath thine eye,
And hear thy gracious
: aicy
Employ d in carn.J
L i
427
WORSHIP.
42$, 429
Loni, at tby threshold I would wait,
While Jesus is within,
Rather than till a throne of state,
Or live in tents of sin.
9
Could I command the spacious land,
And the more boundless sea,
For one blest hour at thy right hand
I'd give them both away.
427. Greenwich New 62, Clapkam 18,
Portsmouth New 144.
(Psalm 84. As the 148th Psalm.)
Longing for the House of God.
LORD of the worlds above,
How pleasant and how fair
The dwellings of thy love,
1 hy earthly temples are !
To thine abode
My heart aspires,
With warm desires,
To see my God.
2
The sparrow, for her young,
With pleasure seeks a nest;
And wandering swallows long
To find their wonted rest:
My spirit faints,
With equal zeal,
To rise and dwell
Among thy saints.
3
O happy souls that pray
Where God appoints to hear!
O happy men that pay
Their constant service there!
They praise thee still ;
And happy they
That love the way
To Zion's hill.
4
They go from strength to strength,
Thro' this dark vale of tears,
Till each arrives at length,
Till each in heaven appears:
0 glorious seat,
When God our King
Shall thither bring
Our willing feet!
Caermarthen New 35. PAUSE. Grove 125
To spend one sacred day,
Where God and saints abide,
Affords diviner joy
Than thousand days beside:
W here God resorts,
1 love it more
To Veep the door
Than shine in courts.
6
God is our sun and shield,
Our light and our defence ;
With gifts his hands are fill'd,
We draw our blessings thence:
He shall bestow
On Jacob's race
Peculiar grace
And glory too.
The Lord his people loves;
His hand no good withholds
From those his heart approves
From pure and pious souls:
Thrice happy he,
O God of hosts,
Whose spirit trusts
Alone in thee.
428-
Bramcoate 8, New Sabbath 122,
Leeds 19.
(Hymn 123. B.2. L.M.)
The Benefit of public Ordinances.
AWAY from every mortal care,
Away from earth our souls retreat;
We leave this worthless world afar,
And wait and worship near thy seat.
2
Lord, in the temple of thy grace
We see thy feet, and we adore;
We gaze upon thy lovely face,
And learn the wonders of thv power.
3
While here our various wants we mourn,
United groans ascend on high,
And prayer bears a quick return
Of blessings in variety.
4
[If Satan rage and sin grow strong,
Here we receive some cheering word;
We gird the gospel-armour on
To fight the battles of the Lord.
5
Or if our spirit faints and dies,
(Our conscience gall'd with inward stings)
Here doth the righteous Sun arise
With healing beams beneath his wings.]
6
Father, my soul would still abide
Within thy temple, near thy side;
But if my feet must hence depart
Still keej) thy dwelling in my heart.
429- Michaels 119, Devizes 14, Milbourn
Port 183.
(Psalm 27. ver. 1—6. 1st Part. CM.)
The Church is our Delight and Safety.
THE Lord of glory is my light,
And my salvation too ;
God is my strength, nor will 1 fear
What all my foes can do.
2
One privilege my heart desires ;
O grant me an abode
Among the churches of thy saints,
The temples of my God !
There shall I offer my requests,
And see thy beauty still,
Shall hear thy messages of love,
And there enquire thy will.
4
When troubles rise, and storms appear,
There may his children hide:
God has a strong pavilion whese
He makes my soul abide.
PllJLIC \VOR>Illl\
432,433
Now tell my head be lifted high
js .ii jo) and \ i< i"i\
w ithin thj temple sound.
1,14. 2d Part CM.
Praytr ,mJ fi
Soon as 1 heard my Fathi
' \r i hlldren -<■( it
M> ho ii i replyM without delay,
' I'll seek my Father*! face.'
thj raoe be bid from me,
Nor frown nrj iouI away ;
■OQ Me, I it> (o thee
Jn a dil
J
Should friendl and kindred near and dear
me in want,
i would make my lite his care,
supply.
v
Iting flesh had d>'d with grief,
1 1.. ! i ii m\ soul betiev'd
thy grace provide relief,
my hope deeciv'd.
\\ ait on the lord, ye trembling saints,
And keep \our courage no;
He'll rai-e your spirit when it faints;
And Ear exceed your hope.
431. fori Chapel
Pari I M
A Pr,i\cr-htJting God, and the Gent i Us
PRAISF waits m Mini, Lord, for thee;
There shall our vows be paid:
Thou bnM an ear when sinner? pray,
All flesh shall seek thine aid.
S
Lord, our iniquities prevail,
But pardoning grate in
And thou wilt grant u> power and skill
To conquer every sin.
3
e the men whom thou wilt choose
i o i ring th na n ar thj face,
in a dwelling in thin
To feast upon thy gi
•
In answering what thy church requests,
Thy truth and terror shine,
And works of dreadful righteousness
Fulfil thy kind design.
Thus -hall the wondering nations see
And distant islands By to thee.
And nuke th) name tlien trust.
They dread thy glittering tokens, Lord,
When signs in heaven ap|
But they snail ieatn thj holj word,
And .
I.; '. Hoth :■
n 17!'.
(Psalm n">. \er. 1—5, lit Fart. I.M.
Public Praytr .;//</ PfVM I.
TIIK pi I .ii ts tor thee,
M\ God; and praise becomes thy house ;
There shall thy saints tin giof]
And there perform their public \
3
O thou, whose men \ bends the skies
I' save when humble sinners pray,
All lands to thee shall lift then eves,
And islands ot the northern sea.
3
Against my will my sins prevail,
I e shall purge away their stain;
The blood ot Christ will never fail
To wash mj garments white ai;ain.
4
Blesl is the man whom thou shall choose,
And give him kind access to thee,
Give him a place within thy house,
In taste thj k>ve divinely free.
WankamWl. PAUSE. Pauls 246.
Let Babel tear when ^ion i :
Babel, prepare for Ion:,' distress
When Mon's God himself arrays
In terror, and in righteousness.
6
With dreadful glory God fulfils
What his afflicted saints request ;
And with almighty wrath reveals
His lo\ c to i^ive his churches rest.
7
Then shall the flocking nations run
hill, and own their Lord;
The rising and the setting sun
Shall see the Saviour's name ador'd.
I',,. Mr* York 33, Newbury 132.
(Psalm 116. ver. 12, Sec Jd Part. CM.)
Vows ma df in Trouble paid in the Church; or,
public Tkanks for private Deliverance.
WHAT shall I render to my God
Lor all his kindness shown?
• shall visit thine abode,
i ngs address thv throne.
8
Among the saints that fill thine house,
erings sr.aii be paid ;
rtorm the vows
My soul in anguish made.
3
thy delight,
ervanu in thy sight;
prei .ous is their blood !
4
appy all thy servants are!
Hi «• ;reat thy grace to me!
My btc which thou hast made thy care,
Lord, 1 devote to thee.
5
H* w I am thine, for ever thine,
\e;
I*hy haml hath loo 'd my bends of pain,
tfa thy love.
434, 435
WORSHIP.
436, 437
Here in thy courts I leave my vow,
And thy rich grace record ;
Witness, ye saints, who hear me now,
If I forsake the Lord.
434. Kew York 33, Irish 17 \, Sydenham 43.
(Hymn 145. B.2. CM.)
Sight through a Glass, and Face to Face.
I LOVE the windows of thy grace
Through which my Lord is seen,
And long to meet my Saviour's face
Without a glass between.
2
0 that the happy hour were come
To change my faith to sight!
1 shall behold my Lord at home
In a diviner light.
3
Haste, my Beloved, and remove
These interposing days;
Then shall my passions all be love,
And all my powers be praise.
LORD'S DAY.
435- Bedford9\, Froom 255, Foster 96.
(Psalm 5. CM.)
For the Lord's Day Morning.
LORD, in the morning thou shalt hear
My voice ascenriing high ;
To thee will 1 direc^ my prayer,
To thee lift up mine eve.
2
Up to the hills where Christ is gone
To plead for all his saints,
Presenting at his Father's throne
Our songs and our complaints.
3
Thou art a God before whose sight
The wicked shall not stand ;
Sinners shall ne'er be thy delight,
Nor dwell at thv right'hand.
4
But to thy house will I resort
To taste thy mercies there ;
1 will frequent thine holy court,
And worship in thy fear.
5
O may thy Spirit guide my feet
In ways of righteousness \
Make every path of duty straight
And plain before my face.
Irish 117, Foster P6, PAUSE. Mia 11 240.
My watchful enemies combine
To tempt my feet astray ;
They flatter with a base design
1 o make my soul their prey.
7
Lord, crush the serpent in the dust,
And all his plots destroy;
While those that in thy mercy trust
Forever shout for joy.
The men that love and fear thy name
Shall see their hopes tulfiU'd;
The mighty God will compass them
With favour as a shield.
436- Mount Ephraim 185, Price's 187.
(Psalm 19. 1st Part. S.M.)
The Book of Mature and Scripture.
For a Lord's Dav Morning.
BEHOLD the lofty sky
Declares its maker God,
And all his starry works on high
Proclaim his power abroad.
2
The darkness and the light
Still keep their course the same;
While night to day and day to night
Divinely teach his name.
3
In every different land
Their general voice is known ;
They shew the wonders of his hand,
And orders of his throne.
4
Ye British lands, rejoice,
Here he reveals his word,
We are not left to nature's voice
To bid us know the Lord.
5
His statutes and commands
Are set before our eyes,
He puts his gospel in our hands,
Where our salvation lies.
6
His laws are just and pure,
His truth without deceit,
His promises for ever sure,
And his rewards are great.
7
[Not honey to the taste
Affords so much delight,
Nor gold that has the furnace past
So much allures the sight.
8
While of thy works I sing,
Thy glory to proclaim,
Accept the praise, my God, my king,
In my Redeemer's name.]
437- Sutton 149, Pectham 7.
(Psalm 19. 2d Part. S.M.)
God's Word most excellent ; or, Sincerity and
Watchfulness.
The same.
BEHOLD the morning sun
Begins his glorious way ;
His beams thro' all the nations run,
And life and light convey.
2
But where the gospel comes,
It spreads diviner light,
It calls dead sinners from their tombs,
And gives the blind their sight.
3
How perfect is thy word!
And all thy judgments just!
For ever sure thy promise, Lord,
And men securely trust.
438, 439
I.ORD's DAY.
4v0
Mi gradousGod, how :
Are tin directions riven i
O ■ ma] 1 iK-vci read in \ am,
But and the paiii to heaven!
PA1
1 hear thy word with love,
And I would fain >l>e> ;
Send i: ibove
l g guide me, lest l sira\.
() who tan ever find
1 he errors ol in- m i
th a bold piesumptumts mind,
1 WOUld not dare tra;;
:
D me of every mo,
■ t mj secret hairs,
An i cleanse this guilty soul of mine,
Wh red my thoughts.
While with my heart and tongue,
1 sprea
rship and the song,
and my God.
KSSyBofl Chapel 26,Oxfard 177.
(Plain 63. wcr. 1, 1,5,9,4. 1st Part. CM.
The Morning of a lord's Day.
EARLY, my God, without delay
I haste to sect thj
Ity spirit faints away,
W ithout thy cheering grace.
2
So pilgrims on the scorching, sand,
aih a burning
Long for a cooling stream at hand,
And thev mu>t dunk or die.
3
I've seen thy glory, and thy power
Thro' all thy temple shine ;
. !i-i>eat that heavenly hour,
That vision >o dmne.
4
Not all the blessing of a fa kSt
Can plea>em\ soul so well,
n thy richer grace 1 taste,
And in shy presence dwell.
. with all her
Can m\ best passions move,
Or raise so high my cheerful voice
As thy forgiving love.
Thus till my last expiring day
111 bless
Ihus will l hit m> hands to pray,
And tune my lips to sing.
.\:,\V . Ml \::.
(Psalm 63. L.M.]
Ling . or, the Love of God
G\ I God, indulge my humble claim.
my rest ;
•.cs that compose thy name
;.-■ blest.
Tluni Rrcat and good, thou ju-t and wise,
mi I atner and my God ;
And I am thine bj StCfed lies;
lli\ son, th] servant bought with blood.
3
With heart, and eyes, and lifted hands,
For thee l long, n> i
\- travellers in thirst] lands
Pant tor the cooling water brook.
With early feet 1 love t' appear
Anion | id seek thy face;
Oft have 1 teen thy glory there,
And felt the power of sovereign grace.
5
Not fruits nor wines that tempt our taste,
Not all the joy- our senses know,
Could make me so divinely blest,
Or raise m\ cheerful passions so.
6
My life itself without thy love
No taste of pleasure could afford ;
Twould but a tiresOme burden prove,
re banish'd from the Lord.
7
Amidst the wakeful hours of night,
When !■ .
One thought of tiiee gives new delight,
And adds refreshment to my bed.
8
I'll lift my hands, I II raise my voice,
While 1 have breath to pray or p:
This work shall make my heart rejoice,
And spend the remnant of my days.
>.:' 134, Eagk Street Sew 55,
Hen
(Psalm 63. S. M.)
- God.
MY God, ]>ermit my t
. to call thee
And let my early i riCS I
To taste tb] love divme.
My thirsty fainting soul
Thy mere] doth implore ;
Not travellers in (K>ert lands
Can pant tor water more.
Within thy dl
I long to find my p
Thy power and glorv to behold.
And feel thv quickening gi
4
For life without thy love
No relish can
n\ be compar'd to this,
rve and please the Lord.
To thee I'll lift my loads.
And praise thee while 1 live;
Not the rich dainties of a \\-aI
Such food or pleasure give.
In wakeful hours at night
I call say God to mind ;
1 think how wise thy counsel] are,
And all thy dealings kind.
441, 442
WORSHIP.
443, 444
Since thou hast been my help,
To thee my spirit flies,
And on thy watchful providence
My cheerful hope relies.
8
The shadow of thy wings
My soul in safety keeps ;
1 follow where my Father leads,
And he supports my steps.
441. Ry land 48, Henley 38, Eagle Street
New 55.
(Hymn 14. B.2. S.M.)
The Lord's Day ; or, Delight in Ordinances.
WELCOME, sweet day of rest,
That saw die Loiu arise;
Welcome to this reviving breast,
And these rejoicing eyes!
2
The King himself comes near,
And feasts nis saints to-da}.
Here we may sit, and see him here,
And love, and praise, and pray.
3
One day amidst the place,
Where my dear God hath been,
Is sweeter than ten thousand days
Of pleasurable sin.
4
My willing soul would stay
In such a frame as this,
And sit and sing herself away
To everlasting bliss.
442- Derby 169, Horsley 205, New
Sabbath 122.
(Psalm 92. 1st Part. L.M.)
A Psalm for the Lord's Day.
SWEET is the work, my God, my King,
To praise thy name, give thanks and
To shew thy love' by morning-light, [sing,
And talk of all thy truth at night.
2
Sweet is the day of sacred rest,
No mortal cares shall seize my breast j
O may my heart in tune be found
Like David's harp of solemn sound !
3
My heart shall triumph in my Lord,
And bless his works, and bless his word;
Thy works of grace, how bright they shine !
How deep thy counsels ! how divine !
4
Fools never raise their thoughts so high ;
Like brutes they live, like brutes they die ;
Like grass they flourish, 'till thy breath
Blast them in everlasting death.
5
But I shall share a glorious part
\\ hen grace hath wel! refinM my heart,
And fresh supplies of joy are shed,
Like holy oil, to cheer mv head.
6
Sin my worst enemy before)
Shall vex my eyes and ears no more ;
My inward foes shall all be slain,
Nor Satan break my peace again.
Then shall 1 see, and hear, and know
All 1 desir'd or wish'd below;
And every power find sweet employ
In that eternal world of joy.
443- Follett 181, Otford 106, Irish 171.
(Hymn 72. B.2. CM.)
The Lord's Day; or, the Resurrection of Christ.
BLESS'D morning, whose young dawning
Beheld our rising God, [rays
That saw him triumph o'er the dust,
And leave his dark abode.
o
In the cold prison of a tomb
The dead Redeemer lay,
Till the revolving skies had brought
The third, th' appointed day.
3
Hell and the grave unite their force
To hold our God in vain,
The sleeping Conqueror arose,
And burst their feeble chain.
4
To thy great name, almighty Lord,
These sacred hours we pay,
And loud hosannas shall proclaim
The triumph of the day.
5
[Salvation and immortal praise
To our victorious King,
Let heaven, and earth, and rocks, and sea«,
With glad hosannas ring.]
444. Gainsborough 29, Great Milton 212,
Boston 159.
(Psalm US. ver. 24—26- 4th Part. CM.)
Hosanna ; the Lord's Day ; or, Christ's Re-
surrection and our Salvation
THIS is the day the Lord hath made,
He calls the hours his own ;
Let heaven rejoice, let earth be glad,
And praise surround the throne.
2
To-day he rose and left the dead,
And satan's empire fell;
To-day the saints his triumphs spread,
And all his wonders tell.
3
Hosanna to th' anointed King,
To David's holy Son :
Help us, O Lord ;' descend and bring
Salvation from the throne.
4
Ble^r be the Lord, who comes to men
With messages of grace;
Who comes in God his Father's name
To save our sinful race.
5
Hosanna in the highest strains
The church on earth can rai-e;
The highest heavens, in which he ie;gns,
Shall give htm nobler praise.
#45. lio
BEFOKK PK.n KK.
(Psalm lis. ver. 22-91. S.M.)
xmutfm th,- 1 ■ . .; « -a'
iV«5 of SalvaUom by
SEE «li.n -i In ins, itone
] l-.f builders did refuse;
\ et God hath built his church thereon
In spite ot cn\iou> lews.
The scribe and angry priest
Reject thine only Son;
Yel on this reck shall Zioa rest
As the chief corner-stone.
3
The work, O Lord, is thine,
And wonderous in our eyes ;
rhis daj declares it all dh tne,
This day did Jesus rise.
»
ti the gtorious day
That our Redeemer made ;
I et vis rejoice, and sing, and pray,
Let all the church be glad.
>
Hosanna to the King
01 David's royal blood :
Bleat him, re saints; be comes to bring
Salvation from your God.
6
We Meat thine holy word,
Which all this grace disp
er on thine altar, Lord,
Our sacriicc of prasse.
4 1 1). Darby 169, Rovla 73, M.irks 65.
(Psalm US. ver .' J— .'7. L.M.)
Jit same.
Ll hat a glorious corner stone
The lev* ish builders did refuse;
1 hath built his church thereon,
In spite oi envy, and the Jews.
Great God, the work is ail divine,
The joy and wonder of oui
This is the day that proves it thine,
The dav that saw out -
.}
Sinners rejoice, and saints l>c glad:
Hosanna, let his name be blest:
A thousand honours on his head,
\s itl» peace, and light, and glory, rest!
4
In God's own name he c mes to bring
Salvation to our dying race:
Let tne whole church address their King
With bi and songs ot pra
BFJORE TRUTH
4 17- :
(Paha 99. W part. s.M.)
A hnly God worshipped with Reverence
EX \l T the Lord out
i And worship at his feet]
His nature is all holiness,
And mercy is Ins seat.
W hen Israel was Ins church,
w hen Aaron was hit
W hen Most . .el pray'd,
He gave his people rest.
3
Oft he forgave then
Nor would destroy their r .
And oft he made his vengeance known,
W hen they abus'd his grace.
4
gxall the Lord our God,
W hose grace is still the same;
Still he's a God of holi
And jealous tor h.s name.
I 1 3- Oxford 177, B<dford9\, London 180.
(Psalms. c.M.)
A Psalm btf
SING to the Lord Jehovah's name,
And in lus strength rejoice;
When his salvation is oar theme,
Lxalted be our voice.
With thanks approach his awful sight,
And psalms ot honour -ing;
The Loid's a God of boundless might,
I Kin:;.
3
Let princes hear, let angels know.
How mean their nature-
Is on high, and gods below,
When once compar'd with him.
4
Earth with it- caverns dark and deep
Lies m his spadous hand,
Be ti\Vi the seas what bounds to keep,
And where the hills must stand.
Come, and with humble souls adore,
; . kneel Ix-tore his i..
() may the en wer
Ke children ot his graie:
the time : he bends his ear,
And wails tor your n
Come, lesc he rouse his wrath and swe«ir
•e>t.'
449, 450
WORSHIP.
451, 452
BEFORE SERMON.
449. Peckham 7, Simon's 230, Aynhoe 103.
(Psalm 95. S.M.)
A Psalm before Sermon.
COME, sound his praise abroad,
And hymns of glory sing;
Jehovah is the sovereign God,
The universal King.
3
He form'd the deeps unknown ;
He gave the seas their bound ;
The watery worlds are all his own ;
And all the solid ground.
3
Come, worship at his throne,
Come, bow before the Lord :
We are his works, and not our own ;
He form'd us by his word.
4
To-day attend his voice,
Nor dare provoke his rod ;
Come, like the people of his choice,
And own your gracious God.
5
But if your ears refuse
The language of his grace,
And hearts grow hard, like stubborn Jews,
That unbelieving race ;
6
The Lord in vengeance drest
Will lift his hand and swear,
* You that despise my promis'd rest
' Shall have no portion there.'
450- Wareham 117 , Green's Hundred 89.
(Psalm 95. 1,2,3,6—11. L. M.)
Canaan lost through Unbelief; or, a Warning
to delaying Sinners.
COME let our voices join to raise
A sacred song of solemn praise;
God is a sovereign King ; rehearse
His honours in exalted verse.
2
Come, let our souls address the Lord,
\\ ho fram'd our natures with his word ;
He is our shepherd ; we the sheep
His mercy chose, hi* pastures keep.
J
Come, let us hear his voice to-day,
The counsels of his love obey ;
Nor let our harden'd hearts renew
The sins and plagues that Israel knew.
4
Israel, that saw his works of grace,
Yet tempt their Make to his face;
A faithless unbelieving brood
'ii.ar tir'd the patience of their God.
5
Thussaith the Lord, ' How false they prove !
« Forget my power, abuse my love ;
' since they despise my rest, 1 swear,
' Their feet shall never entei there.'
[Look back, my soul, with holy dread,
And view those ancient rebels dead ;
Attend the offer'd grace to-day,
Nor lose the blessing by delay.
7
Seize the kind promise while it waits,
And march to Ziou's heavenly gates;
Believe, and take the promis'd rest;
Obey, and be for ever blest. ]
45 1- Crmi-le 3, Anns 58, Worksop 31.
(Hymn 165. B.2. CM.)
Unfmitfulness, Ignorance, and unsanctified
Affections.
LONG have 1 sat beneath the sound
Of thy salvation, Lord,
But still how weak my faith is found,
And knowledge of thy word:
2
Oft 1 frequent thy holy place,
And hear almost in vain;
How small a portion of thy grace
My memory can retain;
3
[My dear Almighty, and my God,
How little an thou known
By all the judgments of thy rod,
And blessings of thy throne .']
4
[How cold and feeble is my love !
How negligent my fear!
How low my hope of joys above!
How few affections there !j
5
Great God, thy sovereign power impart
To give thy word success;
Write the salvation in my heart,
And make me learn the grace.
6
[Shew my forgetful feet the way
That leads to joy on high;
There knowledge grows without decay,
And love shall never die.]
AFTER SERMON.
452- Sydenham 43, Froorn 255, Hep-
zibah 77.
(Psalm 150. ver. 1,2,6. CM.)
A Song of Praise.
IN God's own house pronounce his praiseo
His grace he there reveals;
To heaven your joy and wonder raise,
For there his glory dwells.
Let all your sacred passions move,
\\ hile you rehearse his deeds ;
But the great work of saving love
Your highest praise exceeds.
3
All that have motion, life, and breath,
Proclaim your Maker blest ;
Yet when my voice expires in death,
M) soul shall praise him best.
THE WOKI.D.
-
(Hymn 135. B. I. l.. M.)
The Ijovt of i hi
Eph. in. U .
COIal I, descend and dwell
B\ faith ami love in i rerj breast ,
Hen shall we know, and taste, and fed
The joys tlut cannot be eapn
Come, fill our hearts with inward strength,
Make > ur enlarged louh do
And l< i. and breadth, and
oi thine immeasurable grace, [length
3
Now t" the Ood, wh power can do
Mere than oui I wiabel know,
i tm- hononn done
By all the church, thro' Christ his Son.
THE WORLD.
4 >4. ,Vi y§4 201, Crwi Manas 1 13,
I lOO.
Jhmn'ioi. i;.j. i.M.I
Tic HVaft tfrw chief Temptations.
Will s in the light of faith divine
We l«>ok on things below,
Honour, and gold, and sensual joy,
11 m vain and dangerous too!
2
[Honour's a pulTof noisy breath;
Yet men expose their blood,
enture everlasting death
To gain that air\ (
3
W hilst others star* e the nobler mind,
And teed on shitting dttst,
roh the serpent of his food
T' indulge a sordid lust.]
\
LSUKS that allure our sense
Are dangerous snare> to K>uh ;
['here's but a drop ot nattering sweet,
And dash'd with bitter bowJt.
mine all-suttii ienl g
My portion and my I
In him my vaet desires are I
And ali my powers rejoice.
6
the world accosts my car,
And tempt-, my heart anew ;
1 cannot buy your bl
art with heaven for you.
155, lanjAn I ■
(Hymn 116. B. .'. L. M.)
The Vanity of Crtaturu ; or, n
on Eiirth.
Ml as a soul of vast desire*,
He burns within with rex
I and fro, bis |
\ rom vanity to vanity.
I
In vain on earth we hope to find
lid good to till the mind,
We try- new pleasures, I ut
The inward thirst and
So when a raging fever burns
We shut from side to side by turns,
And "ti< a poor relief we gam
To change the plate but keep the pain.
4
Great God, subdue this vicious thirst,
I I is love to vanity and dnstj
Cure the vile fever of the mind,
And teed our souls with joys ulin'd.
455, WwkmfZl.
(Hymn 56. B.'i. CM.)
The Misery of being without Cod in this
or, Fain Pi
NO, I shall envy them no more
I ho' the;, increase their golden store,
And rue to wonderous height.
'-'
1 nej taste of all the joys that grow
■ i!u> eai tluv > loo,
Well the] may search the creature thro',
1 or they have ne*er a God.
the thought! ot dying too,
And think your life your own;
Bui death comes hastening on to yo»
To mow \our Gloi\
•i
U'-. roil Btuat boa fl ;r stately head,
J \our .-pint :
And no kind angel near your bed
I <• bear it to the skies.
Go now, and Lxust of all your
And tell how bright you shine;
Your heaps ot flittering ou^ aie your<,
And my Redeemer's mine.
Wmrtkam 117, Kmgiibrid
(PsilmT-..
The P
L. -
To mourn, and murmur, and repine
■
M
458
Jewish church.
459
But eh their end, their dreadful end!
Thy sanctuary taught me so:
On slippery rocks I see them stand,
And lien billows roll below.
3
Now let them boast how tall they rise,
Til never envy them again;
There they may stand with haughty ey<
Till they plunge deep in endless pain'.
4
Their fancy'd joys, how fast they flee !
Just like a dream when Man awakes;
Their songs of softest harmony
Are but a preface to their plagues.
Now I esteem their mirth and wine
Too dear to purchase with my blood;
Lord, 'tis enough that thou art mine,
My life, my portion, and my God.
458- Abridge lOifCaroKftitYS.
(Hymn 164. B.2. CM.)
The End of the World.
TT7HY should this earth delight us so?
V V Why should we fix our eyes
On these low grounds where sorrows grow,
And every pleasure dies?
2
While time his sharpest teeth prepares
Our comforts to devour,
There is a land above the stars,
And joys above his power.
3
Nature shall be dissolv'd and die,
The sun must end his race,
The earth and sea for ever fly
Before my Saviour's face.
4
When will that glorious morning rise?
When the last trumpet sound,
And call the nations to the skies,
1'rom underneath the ground?
THE JEWISH CHURCH ;
THE HISTORY OF THE ISRAELITES.
4; 9- Cambridge New 74, Michaels 119.
(Psalm 105. Abridged. CM.)
God's Conduct of Israel, mid the Plagues
of Egypt.
GIVE thanks to God, invoke his name,
And tell the world his grace ;
Sound thro' the earth his deeds of fame,
That all may seek his face.
2
His covenant, which he kept in mind
For numerous ages past,
To numerous ages yet behind
in equal force shall last.
3
He sware to Abr'am and his seed,
And made the blessing sure:
Gentiles the ancient promise read,
And find his truth endure.
4
' Thy seed shall make all nations blest,'
(Said the Almighty voice)
'And Canaan's land shall be their rest,
' The type of heavenly joys.'
5
[How large the grant! how rich the giace !
To give them Canaan's land,
When they were strangers in the place,
A little feeble band •
6
Like pilgrims thro' the countries round
Securely they remov'd ;
Aiui haughty kings that on them frown 'd,
Severely he reproVd.
' Touch mine anointed, and my arm
' Shall scon revenge the wrong :
' The man that does my prophets harm
' Shall know their God is strong.'
8
Then let the world forbear its rage,
Nor put the church in fear:
Israel must live thro' every age,
And be th' Almighty's care.]
PAUSE I.
When Pharaoh dard to vex the saints,
And thus provok'd their God,
Moses was sent at their complaints,
Arm'd with his dreadful rod.
10
He call'd for darkness ; darkness came
Like an o'erwhelming riood;
He turn'd each lake and every stream
'i o lakes and streams of blood.
11
He gave the sign, and noisome flies
Thro' the whole country spread ;
And frog-, in croaking armies, rise
About the monarch's bed.
V>
Thro' fields, and towns, and palaces,
The ten-fold vengeance flew ;
Locusts in swarms devour'd their trees,
And hail their cattle slew.
13
Then by an angel's midnight stroke,
i he liower of Egypt dy'd ;
The strength of every house was broke,
'J heir glon and their pride.
ORY OF THE ISHAELITES.
461, 462
IV
Now lei the w. - rage,
mist live Ihro' ever;.
And be th'
r \l -r II.
Thus were the tribes from bondage brought,
round:
ii got,
And iv
lo
G
They thirst; and waters from the rock
In ri Bow,
g >ull tlie course tliey took,
■ .
0 woni'rous stream ! t) blessed type
t-r-rlowing pra
So Christ our rock maintains our life
Thro' all this wilderness.
M
Thus guarded by th' Almighty hand
The chosen tribes pi
Q:iun the ru . I land,
And there enjoy "d the;.
Then let the world forbear its rage,
The church renoun e he:
Israel must live thro' ever]
And be th' Almighty's care.
460- Simon
(Psalm -
ruiMgs of God to hi, People ; or, spi-
ritual .
SING to the Lord a
An 1 make a joyfal D
I our strength, our saviour-God;
Let Israel hear lus voice.
2
4 From vile idolatry
' Preserve my worship clean ;
1 I am the Lord who set thee free
4 From slavery an'!
3
' Stretch thy desires abroad,
' And I'll supply them well ;
4 But if ye will refuse your God,
-1 will rebel,
4
ave them, saith the Lord,
4 To their own luits a pre>,
1 And let them run the dangerous road ;
n their own
5
4 Yet O! that all m
4 Would hearken t
4 Soon I would ea>e their sore complaints,
■ And bid their hearts rejoice.
t>
* While l destroy * \- •
' I'd richly feed my riock,
1 \nd they should ta~ .at flows
' From their eiern-
J(;|. Worksop 31, Charmo:.
; Part. CM.)
I I Punishment ; or, the
.'■ fie.
Own | lieu house
..ncient race'
raise to their own most solemn UN
And to • j,race.
They broke the covenant of I
the works he wrought to prove
His power before iheir eye*.
They saw the plague* on F.trypt light,
What dreadful tokens of his a
Spread o'er die stubborn ta
4
They saw him cleave the mighty sea,
And inarch'd in safety through,
a .uery walls to guard their «
1 .11 they had Vap'd the foe.
5
A wonderous pillar mark'd the road,
: vos'd of shade and lig
By day it prov'd a sheltering cloud,
A leading fire by night.
6
He from the rock their thirst sup[ •
The g
An i ran in iners b\ their ?.
ijh,
And dar'd di>tru>t his h j
1 Can he with bread our host supply
' Amidst this desert laivtJ'
The Lord with indignation heard,
And caus'd his wrath to flame ;
i ors ever stand prepar'J
indicate his name.
Abridge 201 , Brighthclmstone 208.
n78L 3d Part. CM.)
The Punish nun t of Luxury and Intemperance i
or, Chastisement ./«>i Sahsathm.
WWW 1-rael sin«, the I Old reproves,
And rills their hearts with dread,
Yet he forgives the men he
And sends them heav'nly bread.
He fed them with a liberal hand.
And nude his treasures known;
• the midnight clouds command
The manna, like a m jrning shower.
Lay thick around their feet ;
The cvrn of hca \ e a . -re,
As tho' twere angels meat.
4
But they in murmuring language said,
• We i .ad ;
463, 464
JKWISH CHURCH.
465
4 Ye shall have flesh to please your lust ;'
The Lord in wrath reply'd,
And sent them quails like sand or dust,
Heap'd up from side to side.
6
He gave them all their own desire;
Ami greedy as they fed,
II)-. vengeance burnt with secret fire,
And smote the rebels dead.
7
When some were slain, the rest return'd,
And sought the Lord with tears ;
Under the rod they fear'd and mourn 'd,
But soon forgot their fears.
8
Oft he chastis'd and still forgave,
Till by his gracious hand
The nation he resolv'd to save,
Pessess'd the promis'd land.
A 6^. Hotham 224, Khigsbridge 88.
(Psalm 107. 3d Part. L.M.)
Intemperance punished and pardoned ; or, a
Psalm for the Glutton and i he Drunkard.
VAIN man, on foolish pleasures bent,
Prepares for his own punishment ;
What pains, what loathsome maladies
From luxury and lust arise !
The drunkard feels his vitals waste,
Yet drowns his health to please his taste ;
Till all his active powers are lost,
And fainting life draws near the dust.
3
The gluttpn groans and loath! to eat,
UN soul abhors delicious meat;
Nature, with heavy load* opprest,
Would yield to death to be relea^'d.
4
Then how the frighted sinners fly
To God for help with earnest cry!
He hears their groans, prolongs their breath,
And saves them from approaching death.
5
No medicines could effect the cure
So quick, so easy, or so sure :
The deadly sentence God repeals,
He sends his sovereign word, and heals.
6
O may the sons of men record
The wonderous goodness of the Lord !
And let their thankful offerings prove
How they adore their Maker's love.
464. Wartham 117, Green's Hundred 89.
(Psalm 78. ver. 32, &c. 4th Part. L. M.)
Backsliding and Forgiveness; or, Sin pu-
nisktd and Saints saved.
C> B.EAT God, how oft did Israel prove
T B) turns thine angei and tin lover
'1 here in a glass our hearts may see
Huw fickle and how false the; be.
How soon the faithless Jews forgot
The dreadful wonders God had wrought !
Then they provoke him to his face,
Nor fear his power, nor trust his grace.
3
The Lord consum'd their years in pain,
And made their travels long and vain ;
A tedious march through unknown ways
Wore out their strength,and spent their days.
4
Oft when they saw their brethren slain,
Tin} mourn'd and sought the Lord again ;
Call'd him the rock of their abode.
Their high Redeemer and their God.
5
Their prayers and vows before him rise,
A^ flattering words or solemn lies,
While their rebellious tempers prove
False to his covenant and his love.
6
Yet did his sovereign grace forgive
The men who not deserv'd to live ;
His anger oft away he turn'd,
Or eke with gentle flame it burn'd.
7
He saw their flesh eras weak and frail,
He saw temptations still prevail ;
The God of Abraham lovd thcin still,
And led them to his holy hill.
■1 65. Workrworth \3%,Stoel\6^,Harbro,\-\1.
(Ps. 106. v.7,8,12— 14,43— 43. SdPt.S.M.)
Israel punished and pardoned ; or, God's uii~
changeable Love.
GOD of eternal love,
How tickle are our ways!
And yet how oft did Israel prove
Thy constancy of grace!
2
They saw thy wonders wrought,
And then thy praise they sung;
But soon thy works of power forgot,
And murmur'd with their tongue.
3
Now they believe his word,
While rocks with rivers flow;
Now with their lusts provoke the Lord,
And he redue'd them low.
4
Yet when they mourn'd their faults,
Ik hearken'd to their groans,
Brought his own covenant to his thoughts,
And call'd them still his sons.
5
Their names were in his book,
He sav'd them from their too;
Oft he chastis'd, but ne'er forsook
The people that he chose.
6
Let Israel bless the Lord,
\\ ho lov'd their ancient race;
And christians join the solemn word
Amen, to all the praise.
HlvroKY OF TllK ISRAELITES.
4 68
Persecutors pMH
UP Gram my ynich. m.n tatel say,
Havel been nursM in t
v xrastant a-, c
Ami tedioiu ■
n mj youth 1 bore the rage
Oft they as>ail m\ ru>
But not de>troy'd mv lite.
J
I rue! plough had torn my tlesh
U ith furrow, long
Hourly they ve\\i OB resh,
I mv sorrow > steep.
4
The Lord grew angry on his throne,
a ith impartial e\e
.•:» they had done,
. let hts arrow* rly.
How was their in-olence surprised
To hear his thondei -
And all the foes of /.ion seiz'd
with honor to the soul.
6
Thus shall the men that hate the saints
Be blasted from tin
Their glory fades, their courage faints,
til their projects die.
7
it tho'they Sourish tall and fair,
no mot beneath ;
Their growth shall perish in despair,
And he de>pi»'d in death.]
rn that on Tie house-top stands
rives;
. tv ne'er shall fill his hands,
. :old the sheaves.
9
o i the place:
No traveller b
t of blessing
■ •■ills \On,Hcr '-. :wll7.
J • part, L m
I nation, Pravidinc, Redemp-
■ Enemies.
Gl is die Lord, exalted high
• throne ;
er he plea>e in earth
Or heaven or hell, his hand hath done.
At his command the vapours rise,
The lightening* dash, the thunders roar:
He pours the rain, he hi. ngs the
Ana tempest from :.
3
Twas he those dreadful tokens sent,
ibt>orn land ;
When all thy nrst-born, l>ea*ts and men,
Tell dead by his avenging hand.
Whal m
i ■ country ^ave
■. hit hand red
No more to be proud Pharaoh's slave!
5
. the same, the same his grace,
■1 LU ironi the bostl of hell ;
iron he giTes u» to i'
\\ hence those apostate angels tell.
4G8- Liverpool 83, Mifrovrn Port 183.
tP,alm 136. CM.)
Cod's Wooden of Creation. Providence ^ "Re-
demption of I .. virion of his
People.
GIVE thanks to God the sovereign Lord;
///'-• mercies stilt e. . .
And be the Kin- of kings ador'd;
His truth is ever sure.
<>
What wonders hath hi.- wisdom done!
. ighiy is his h
Heaven, earth, and sea, he fram'd alone
Hou< wide is his command !
3
The sun supplies the day with light ;
How bright his counsels ski
The moon and stars a lorn the night;
His u-orks are all d: .
4
'< the sons of Egypt dead ;
How dreadful is his rod!
And then.e with joy his j>eople led :
Hozc gracious is ou:
5
He cleft the swelling sea in two;
•/. is great in
e the tribes a pa-sage thro'-
wet and grace un'ue.
6
But Pharaoh's army there he drowr
llo i- glorious are hi
An 1 brought his saints thro' desert ground .
Eternal' be his praise.
7
Great monarchs fell beneath his !• i
While Israel took the promis'd land:
And fauhfui .
■ id in iin ;
He fel: •
the state the world ^
9
He sent to save us from our woe ;
His goodness never fails :
ind hell, and every' '
And stilt-kis grace prrjjils.
in
Give thank* to God the heavenly King;
His m
Let the whole earth hi
•ire.
M J
469
JEWISH CHURCH.
470
469. DaruellsWl, Resurrectionist.
(Psalm 136. As the 145th Psalm.)
The same.
GIVE thanks to God most high,
The universal Lord;
The sovereign King of kings;
And he his grace ador'd.
His power and grace
Are still the same ;
And let his name-
Have endless praise.
2
How mighty is his hand!
What wonders hath he done!
He form'd the earth and seas,
And spread the heavens alone.
Thy mercy, Lord,
Shall still endure ;
And ever sure
Abides thy -word.
3
His wisdom fram'd the sun
To crown the day with light;
The moon and twinkling stars
To cheer the darksome night.
Hi; power and grace
Are still the same ;
And let his name
Have endless praise.
4
[He smote the first-born sons,
The flower of Egypt, dead :
And thence his chosen tribes
With joy and glory led.
Thy mercy, Lord,
Shall still endure ;
And ever sure
Abide, thy word.
5
His pnwer and lifted rod
Cleft the Red Sea in two,
And for his people made
A w'.mderous passage thro'.
His pmverand grace
Are still the same ;
And let his name
Have endless praise.
6
But cruel Pharaoh there
With all his host he drown'd ;
And brought his Israel safe
rhro' a long desert ground.
Thy mercy, Lord,
Shall stilt endure ;
Audever toe
Abides thy word.
Danvells 82. PAUSE. Resurrection 72.
The kings of Canaan fell
Beneath his dri^adful hand;
While his own servants took
Po-se^ion of their land.
His pmier and grace
Are still the same ;
And Ut his uamt
Have endless ;rai>£.
He saw the nations lie
AH perishing in sin,
And pity'd the sad state
The ruin'd world was in.
Thy mercy, Lord,
Shall still endure;
Awl ever sure
Abides thy word.
9
He sent his only Son
To save us from our woe,
From satan, sin, and death,
And every hurtful foe.
Hisporrver and grace
Are still the same ;
And Ut his name
Have endless praise.
10
Give thanks aloud to God,
To God the heavenly King ;
And let the spacious earth
His works and glories sing.
Thv mercy, Lord,
Shall still endure ;
And ever sure
Abides thy word.
470- Abridge<2,0\, Bedford^, Wantage 204.
(Psalm 77. 2d Part. CM.)
Comfort derived from ancient Providences; or,
Israel delivered from Egypt, and brought
to Canaan.
1 T T O W awful is thy chastening rod f'
XJL (May thine own children say)
' The great, the wise, the dreadful God !
' How holy is his way !'
2
I'll meditate his works of old ;
The King that reigns above ;
I'll hear his ancient wonders told,
And learn to trust his love.
3
Long did the house of Joseph lie
With Egypt's yoke opprest:
Long hedelay'd to hear their cry,
Nor gave his people rest.
4
The sons of good old Jacob seem'd
Abandon'd to their foes;
But his almighty arm redeem'd
The nation that he chose.
S
Israel his people, and his sheep,
Must follow where he calls;
He bid them venture thro' the deep,
And made the waves their walls.
6
The waters saw thee, mighty God i
The waters saw thee come ;
Backward they fled, and frighted stood,
To make thine armies room.
7
Strange was thy journey through the sea,
Thy footsteps, Lord, unknown :
Terrors attend the wonderous way
That brings thy mercies down.
47 1, IT J
HISTORY OF THE ISRAELITES.
s
ce witli terror in the sound
• loudi .nil .: i
All heaven in lightning -hone around,
Aad earth with thundei shook.
Thine arrows thro' the s!-:cs were hurt'd;
lactam ii the
surprise and trembling Befz'd the world,
And hia own saints ador'd.
10
And u U hand
Thro' a Jrj desert led hi- 6
II >iue to the proruis'd land.]
♦71. MMrll !?r \M, Wdls 102.
B 114. L. M.)
Mir a: la attending Israel's Journey.
TT7TIEN Israel, freed from Pliaiaoh'
\ \ '.and.
Let i the proud tyrant and hi> land,
The tribes with cheerful homage own
Their King, and Judah was his throne.
I
the deen their journev lay ;
The deep divide-, to make them arai •.
Jordan beheld their march, and tied
With backward current to his head.
The mountains shook like frighted sheep,
little hillocks leap;
on her haw
■us of sovereign power at hand.
4
W !iat power could make the deep divide'
Make Jordan backward roll his tide'
Why .lid ye leap, ye little hi]
And whence the fright that Sinai feels?
I.et every mountain, everv
Retue, ami know th approaching God,
The King of Israel: see him here;
1 lemble, thou earth, adore and fear.
6
lie thunders, and all nature mourns,
Tl»e rock to standing pools he rural ;
,'ring with fountain* at bis word,
And fires and seas confess the Lord.
4 7 2. Irid 171, Gainsborough 29.
Ilvmn 121. B. '.». I
. Aaron, and Joshua.
Tl-> not the law or ten commands
On holy Sinai given.
Or sent to men b] Metes' hands,
Can bring us safe to heaven.
>
TV not die blood which Aaron spilt,
Nor smoke of iwecteU -n-ell.
Can buy a pardon for our
Or save our s< ,
Aaron the priest resigns his I
■ will;
And in the desert yieMs to death
Upon tlf appointed hill.
And thus on Ionian - yonder
The tri -land,
While Mo»es bow'd his head anddy'd
Short of the promis'd land.
5
Israel rejoice, now Joshua* leads.
Hell bring your tribes to
So *ar the saviour's name e>
The Ruler and the Priest.
473. Chard 175, Marks 65, Bramt
lie] 107. 1st Tart. L. M.)
Israel led t* I . Christians to
lit I I
C> IVF. thank- to God ; he reigns above.
X Kind are his thoughts, his name is love
His mere;, ;»?e- past have kn« wn,
And ages Ion.; to come sl»3ll own.
Let th • redeeme 1 of the Lord
The ironden of his grace record ;
l.-rael, the nation whom he i
And rescu'd ..om their might
[When God's almighty arm had broke
Their fetters an .
They trae'ri the ienng round
A wild and solitary ground.
There they could find no leading road,
Nor city for ah.
-uage
Their burning thirst, or hunger's rage.]
5
In their distress to God they cry'd,
God was their Saviour and their guide;
I their march tar wandering round,
'1 was the right path I jund.
6
Thus when our first re
From sin- old yoke, and satin's chain.
We have this desert world to
A dangerous and a tiresome place.
7
Fie feeds and clothes us all tin
He guides out footsteps lest w<
He guards us with a powerful hand,
And brings us to the r.eavenl* land.
8
0 Irt the saints with.
The truth and goodness of the I ord>
1 et every tongue pronounce i
ame with Jm, inj dgij
474, 475
476, 477
THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH.
THE SETTLEMENT AND BEAUTY OF
A CHURCH.
474- Oxford 177, Hammond 226.
(Psalm 15. CM.)
Characters of a Saint; or, a Citizen of Zion;
or, the Qualifications of a Christian.
WHO shall inhabit in thy hill,
O God of holiness?
Whom will the Lord admit to dwell
So near his throne of grace?
2
The man that walks in pious ways,
And works with righteous hands;
That trusts his Maker's promises,
And follows his commands.
3
He speaks the meaning of his heart,
Nor slanders with his tongue ;
Will scarce believe an ill-report,
Nor do his neighbour wrong.
4
The wealthy sinner he contemns,
Loves all that fear the Lord ;
And tho' to his own hurt he swears,
Still he performs his word.
5
His hands disdain a golden bribe,
And never gripe the poor ;
This man shall dwell with God on earth,
And find his heaven secure.
475- Portugal 97, BramcoateQ.
(Psalm 15. L.M.)
Religion and Justice, Goodness and Truth ;
or, Duties to God and Man; or, the Quali-
fications of a Christian.
WHO shall ascend thy heavenly place,
Great God, and dwell before thy
The man that minds religion now, [face ?
And humbly walks with God below:
2
Whose hands are pure, whose heart is clean,
Whose lips still speak the Uiing they mean;
No slanders dwell upon his tongue ;
He hates to do his neighbour wrong.
3
[Scarce will he trust an ill-report,
Nor vents it to his neighbour's hurt :
Sinners of state he cau despise,
But saints are honour'd in ms eyes.]
4
[Firm to his word he ever stood.
And always makes his promise good ;
Nor dares to change the thing he swears,
Whatever pain or loss he bears.]
[lie never deals in bribing gold,
And mourns that justice should be sold :
While others gripe and grind the poor,
Sweet Charity attends his door.]
He loves his enemies, and prays
For those that curse him to his face;
And doth to all men still the same
That he would hope or wish from them.
7
Yet when his holiest works are done,
His soul depends on grace alone;
This is the man thy face shall see,
And dwell for ever, Lord, with thee.
47 6- Liverpool 83, Oxford 177, Evans's 90.
(Psalm 24. CM.)
Dwelling with God.
THE earth for ever is the Lord's,
With Adam's numerous race ;
He rais'd its arches o'er the floods,
And built it on the seas.
2
But who among the sons of men
May visit thine abode?
He that has hands from mischief clean,
Whose heart is right with God.
3
This is the man may rise, and take
The blessings of his grace ;
This is the lot of those that seek
The God of Jacob's face.
4
Now let our soul's immortal powers
To meet the Lord prepare,
Lift up their everlasting doors,
The king of glory's near.
5
The king of glory ! Who can tell
The wonders of his might ?
He rules the nations; but to dwell
With saints is his delight.
477- Salem 139, F oster 96.
(Psalm 132. ver. 4, 5,7, 8, 15—17. CM.)
A Church established.
r^KVTO sleep nor slumber to his eyes
L -UN Good David would afford,
Till he had found below the skies
A dwelling for the Lord.
2
The Lord in Zion plac'd his name,-
His ark was settled there ;
To Zion the whole nation came
To worship thrice a year.
3
But we have no such lengths to go,
Nor wander far abroad ;
Where'er thy saints assemble now,
There is a house for God.]
Salem 139, PAUSE. Bedford 9 1, Anns 58.
Arise, O King of grace, arise,
And enter to thy rest !
Lo! thy church waits with longing eyes,
Thus to be own'd and blest.
its, W9
SETTLEMENT OF A CHURCH.
480, 481
Enter with all thy glorious train,
-■mi .nut tin word j
All thai the ark did once coatdn
Could bo such grace afford.
ti
i lere, mi-hty Qod. iccepi our vows,
Here let thj praise kx spread ;
he provisions ol th) home,
\nd nil thv poor with bread.
7
Here lei the Son ol David reign,
i.et God*! Anointed shine j
lattice and truth hii court maintain,
\n uii love and power divine.
B
Here let him hoi I a lasting throne;
tndai hit kingdom grow*,
l resh honours shall a lorn his crown,
And shame confound bis foes.
[tarty 160, <h ird 195, Bramcoate 8.
(Psalm l ;.'. rer.5, 13—18. L. M.)
At the Settlement of a church ; or, the Ordi-
nal um of a Minuter.
WHERE shall we go to seek and rind
Aw habitation ior our God,
A dwelling for th' Eternal Mmd
Amongst the sons ol flesh and blood?
2
The God of laeob chose the hill
for his ancient rest ,
And Ziofl is his dwelling still,
His church is with his presence blest.
Here will I fix my gracious throne,
I tli the Lord ;
Here shall mi power, and love be known,
And blessings shall attend mv word.
4
Here will 1 meet the hungry poor,
And nil their souls with Irving bread ;
Sinners that wait before my door,
With sweet provisions shall be fed.
5
Girded with truth and doth'd with grace,
My priests, my ministers shall shine :
Not Aaron, in his costly dress,
Made an appearame si) divine.
6
The saints, unable to contain
Then inward joys, shall shout and sing ;
The Son of David here shail icign,
And Zion triumph in her King.
[ K'-u- shall see a numerous
Born here, t" uphold his glorious name;
I i ■, shall flourish on his head,
\V lule ail Ihn in. s are cloth 'd with shame!]
479. WekaePi 119. Foster 96, Salem 139.
(Psalm US. i Part. CM.)
Christ the Foundation nf his Church.
iEHOLD the sure foMndatJon-ltosse
Rl
Which God
To build our heaven h hopes upon,
And his eternal praise.
Chosen of God, to sinners dear,
And taints adore the name,
["hey trust their whole salvation here,
Nor dull the- sutler shame.
J
The foolish builders, scribe and priest,
Reject it with dis.i
Yet on this rock, the cl.urch shall rest,
And envy rage in .
4
\S l-.it tho' the gates of bell withstood,
Vet must mis building rise :
Tit thj <>wn work, almighty God,
And wonderous in our eyes.
4 80- Martin's Lane 67, Rowles 73.
I' .1 D 15. 3d Part. L.M.)
Chri.t and hii Church ; nr, the mystical
Marriage.
TIIK King of saints, how fair his face,
Adorn'd with ^race !
He come with I lessin r» from above,
And wins the nations to his love.
2
At his right hand our eyes behold
The queen array'd in purest gold;
The world admires her heavenly dress,
Her robe ofjoj and righteousness.
He forms her beauties like his own ;
He ' alii and n:s throne :
Fair stranger, let thine heart forget
The idols of thy native state.
4
So shall the King the more rejoice
in thee, the favourite ot his < hi .< e ;
Let him be lovNJ and yet ador'd,
For he's thy Maker and thj Lord.
S
O happy hour, when thou shaft rise
To lu> fair palace in the skies,
And all thy sons ^a numerous train)
l.ach like a pi nice in glory reign!
6
Let endless honour-- crown his head;
Let ever] age his praises spread ;
W lule we with cheerful .songs approve
The condescensions ol his love.
481- Ephraim 185, U,;,lry 38, Sutton
(Psalm 45. 3.M.
The Glory of Christ ; the Sue,
pel; and the (, entile Church.
MY saviour and my King,
I In beawttet are divine;
Th] linn wnli blessings overflow,
And ever] grace is thine.
i
Now make thy glory known,
Gird on thy dreadful rword,
And ride in mai>
1 he conquests of th] word.
3
Strike thro' thy stubborn foes,
Or melt their hearts r ob
While justice, meekness, grace ami
Attend thy glorious
482,483
CHRISTIAN CHURCH.
484, 483
Thy laws, O God, are right ;
Thy throne shall ever stand ;
And thy victorious gospel proves
A sceptre in thy h3nd.
5
[Thy Father and thy God
Hath without measure si ed
His Spirit, like a joyful oil,
T' anoint thy sacred head.]
6
[Behold, at thy right hand
The Gentile church is seen,
Like a fair bride in rich attire,
And princes guard the queen.]
7
Fair bride, receive his love,
Forget thy Father'; house ;
. >ds, thy idol-gods,
And pav thy Lord thy vows.
8
O let thy God and King
Thy >weete-t thoughts employ;
Thy children shall his honours sing
In palaces of joy.
482- Bramcoate*. Xeu-court 173,
Hoy My 205.
(Psalm S7. L. M.)
The Church the Birth-place of the Saints; or,
ind Gentiles united in the Christian
Church.
GOD in his earthly temple lays
foundations for his heavenly praise:
lie like? the tents of Jacob well,
But still in Zion loves to dwelL
2
His mercy visits every house
That pay their night and morning vows ;
But makes a more delightful stay
Where churches meet to praise and pray.
3
What glories were describ'd of old!
What wonders are of Zion told !
Thou city of our God below,
Tiiy fame shall Tyre and Egvpt know.
4
Egypt and Tyre, and Greek and Jew,
Shall there begin their lives anew:
Angels and men shall join to sing
Tlse hill where living waters spring.
5
Wh-rn God makes up his last account
Of natives in his holy mount.
Twill be an honour to appear
As one new-born or nourish 'd there!
483- Derby 169, Rotkuvll 174, Portugal
New 263.
(Psalm 92, ver. 12, &c. 2d Part. L. M.)
The Church is the Garden of God.
LORD, 'tis a pleasant tiling to stand
In gardens planted by thy hand ;
Let ine within thy courts Lie seen
Like a young cedar fresh and green.
There grow thy saints in faith and love,
Siest with thine influence from above ;
Not Lebanon with all its trees
Yields such a comelv sight as these.
3
The plants of grace shall ever live ;
(Nature decays, but grace must thrive)
Time, that doth all things else impair,
Still makes them flourish strong and fair.
4
Laden with fruits of age, they shew
The Lord is holy, just and true ;
None that attend his gates shall find
A God unfaithful or unkind.
484- Aynh-je 108, Stilton 149, Price's 187.
(Psalm 48. ver. 1-8. First Part. S. M.)
The Church is the Honour and Safety of a
Sition.
r/~^ REAT is- the Lord our God,
|_\JT And let his praise be great ,
He makes his churches his abode,
His most delightful seat.
2
These temples of his grace,
How beauiiful they stand :
The honours of our native place,
And bulwarks of our land.]
3
In Sion God is known
A refuge in distress ;
How bright has his salvation shone
Through all her palaces !
4
When kings against her join'd,
And saw the Lord was there.
In wild confusion of the mind
They fled with hasty fear.
5
When navies tall and proud
Attempt to s]KJii our peace,
He sends his tempests roaring loud,
And sinks them in the seas.
6
Oft have our fathers told,
Our eyes have often seen,
How well our God secures the fold
Where his own sheep have been.
7
In every new distress
We'll to his house iepa;r,
We'll think upon his wonderous grace,
And seek deliverance there.
4 83- Falcon 209, Finsbury 155,
Man\ field 154.
(Psalm 4S. ver. 10—14. 2d Part. S. M.)
The Beauty of the Church , or, Gospel Wor-
ship and Ordr.
FAR as thy name is known
The world declares thy praise ;
Thy saints, O Lord. I>efme thy throne
1 heir songs of honour raise.
2
With joy let Judah stand
On Sion's chosen hill,
Proclaim the wonders of thy hand,
And counsels of thy will.
486, IS7
CllURClI's AFFLICTU
angers walk around
[He i Iwell,
ia tad view thine holy ground,
mark the building w
i
The orders of lh> :
. the solemn voi
And make a tan report.
I
How decent and how wise!
II \ . I iri »ua to l.ehold!
I the pomp tlut charms the eyes,
.\nd rites adorned with gold.
The God we worship now
v die,
\\ ill be our God while here below,
And ouis al>u\c the iky.
. Hephzibah 77.
(Hymn ISA B.S. CM.)
Sin,i. x.ii. 18, Sec.
Nl
;. hie. and smoke,
the thunder of thai woid
Which God on Sinai spoke;
I
But we are t otue t" Sionh htU,
The city of on
milder words declare hi> will,
And spread his lo\c abroad.
Behold tir mnumerebl
ih'd in hylic
W ho5e faith is turn'd to sight !
4
Behold the bless 'd ascemblj there,
are writ in heaven j
And God the judge Of all declares
Their vilest sin; torgiv'n.
5
The saints on earth and all the dead
But one communion make;
All join in Christ their living
And
6 •
In such iociety
■
•hat dwells where
be tor ever i
THE CHI/RCH-n AFFLICTIONS, PERSE-
CI HON.- AND COMPLAINTS.
(Psalm 80. I
anra'j Prayer i ■ , cr, the
GRLA r shepherd of thiru- Israel,
Who didst between the cherubs dwell,
eep,
;. rough die desert a:-.d the deep:
now,
Shine from mi Inch ai iiro';
1 urn us to thee, thy love icsiorc.
We shall Le sav'd, and Mgh no more.
-'if. whom beavent) hosts obey,
11. w long il dl we lament and ] i .
. in vain thy kind return >
How lung shall thj £ -in?
Instead of wine and cheerful
Thy saints with their own tears aie ted;
Turn us to thee, thy love restore.
We shall be -a\\i, and m^Ii no more.
l'Al sE I.
Hast thou not planted with thy hands
| \ me m heathen lands?
Did not thy power defend it round,
And beavenij dews enrich the ground'
6
How did the spreading brandies shoot,
a the nations with the tiuit |
Hut now, deai Lord, look down and see
Thy mourning vine, that lovely tree.
7
I) *auty thus defae'd'
Whj liast thou laid her fences waste)
. _ mist her join,
And everj beast devours the vine.
8
Return, almighty God, return,
; thy bleeding vineyard mourn;
Turn us to thee, thy love ic
We shah i gh no more.
PAUSl II.
Lord, when this vine in Canxin grew
Thou wast it- strength and glorj too;
Attai k"d in vain by all its |
Till the tair bianch of promise rose;
10
!\ ordainM i '
: >ot;
Himself a noble vine, ana we
t the tree.
II
Til thy own Son, and he shall stand
Gut with thy strength at thy light hand;
I hj hist-b< in Son, adorn*d and blest
W uli power and gracr- above the ie>t.
12
0 ' for I. is sake attend our I
Shine on thy churches le t the] die;
1 urn us to thee, thy love restore,
We shall be >av'd, and Mgh no mote.
I IVorksop 31, Bangor 831.
(Psali CM.)
The Church's Complaint in Persecution.
Lot" old,
Thy «
W ncn to our can our fathers told
nders of then
How thou didst bund thy <hurche> fete.
And make thy gospel known ;
;!'Cin did thine arm appear,
. glory shone.
489
CHRISTIAN CHURCH.
489
In God they boasted all the day,
And in a cheerful throng
Did thousands meet to praise and pray,
And grace was all their song.
4
But now our souls are seiz'd with shame,
Confusion fills our face,
To hear the enemy blaspheme,
And fools reproach thy grace.
5
Yet have we rot forgot our God,
Nor falsely dealt with heaven,
Nor have our steps declin'd the road
Of duty thou hast given.
6
Tho' dragons all around us roar
With their destructive breath,
And thine own hand has bruis'd us sore
Hard by the gates of death.
PAUSE.
We are expos'd all day to die
As martyrs for thy cau>e,
As sheep for slaughter bound we lie
By sharp and bloody laws.
8
Awake, arise, almighty Lord,
Why sleeps thy wonted grace?
Why should we look like men abhorr'd,
Or banish'd from thy face?
9
Wilt thou for ever cast us oil,
And still neglect our cries?
For ever hide thine heavenly love
From our afflicted eves ?
10
Down to the dust our soul is bow'd,
And dies upon the ground ;
Rise for our help, rebuke the proud,
And all their powers confound.
11
Redeem us from perpetual shame,
Our Saviour and our God ;
We plead the honours of thy name,
The merits of thy blood.
489- Wahal<&l, Bangor '231.
(Psalm 74. CM.)
The Church pleading 7vith God under sore
Persecution.
WILL God for ever cast us off?
His wrath for ever smoke
Against the people of his love,
His little chosen flock?
2
Think of the tribes so dearly bought
Willi their Redeemer's blood;
Nor let thy Sion be forgot,
Where once thy glory stood.
3
Lift up thy feet and march in haste,
Aloud our ruin calls;
See what a wide and fearful waste
Is made within thy walls.
Where once thy churches pray'd and sang,
Thy foes prophanely roar:
Over thy gates their ensigns hang
Sad tokens of their power.
5
How are the seats of worship broke !
They tear the buildings down ;
And he that deals the heaviest stroke
Procures the chief renown.
6
With flames they threaten to destroy
Thy children in their nest;
' Come let us burn at once,' they cry,
1 The temple and the priest.'
7
And still to heighten our distress
Thy presence is withdrawn ;
Thy wonted signs of power and grace,
Thy power and grace are gone.
8
No prophet speaks to calm our woes,
But all the seers mourn ;
There's not a soul amongst us knows
The time of thy return.
Worksop 31, PAUSE.
How long, eternal God, how long,
Shall men of pride blaspheme?
Shall saints be made their endless song,
And bear immortal shame?
10
Canst thou for ever sit and hear
Thine holy name profan'd!
And still thy jealousy forbear,
And still withhold thine hand?
11
What strange deliverance hast thou shown
In ages long before!
And now no other God we own,
No other God adore.
12
Thou didst divide the raging sea,
By thy resistless might,
To make thy tribes a wonderous way,
And then secure their flight.
13
Is not the world of nature thine,
The darkness and the day ?
Didst thou not bid the morning shine,
And mark the sun his wav?
14
Hath not thy power form'd every coast
And set the earth its bounds,
With summer's heat and winter's frost,
In their perpetual rounds?
IS
And shall the sons of earth and dust
That sacred power blaspheme ?
Will not thy hand that form'd them first,
Avenge thine injur'd name?
16
Think on the covenant thou hast made,
And all thy words of love ;
Nor let the birds of prey invade
And \ex thy mourning dove.
17
Our foes would tflumph in our blcod,
And make our hope their jest ;
Plead thine own cause, almighty God!
And give thy children rest.
•
CHURCH'* AFFLICTIONS, &c
v.1?, W3
(Psalm 83. S.M.)
A Complaint again
And vuii the God ol
l'ii petual silem e .
I «>t justice hold his p
Behold wh.it cursed snares
men ol mischief sprea I ;
The men that hate thy vimo and thee
i> theii threateuiog h
isl thy hidden i
i counsels the] employ,
And malice, with her watchful eye,
Pursues them to destro] .
I
The noble and the bate
Into thy pastures leap;
The lion aad the itup
ic to vex thy sheep.
b
ne, fel uajoru,' the] i
i 101 them from the ground,
' Till not the name ol saints remain,
memory shall be found.'
'>
Awake, almighty G
Ami i ill thj « rath to mind ;
Give them like forests to the lire,
ibble to the *
7
on found,
"1 hat they ma]
Then shall the nations know
■ Mil,
I
And thou the sovereign I
4!) 1. Bangor 2^\,I.uMoiv9>\J\'air
rer. 1—9. 1st Part. I
m,i Faith of J
N. plead mj cau <-od,
With all the •
U ho fight against m\ h!e.
Draw mit th] > their way,
Lift thine avenging
But to my soul in in<
• I am thj Savioui <
They plant then snares to catch my feet,
And nets of mischief spi
the destroyers in the pit
1 .'.it their own hands have
4
1 et fogs and darkness hid - tl u
slipper] I),- iheii ground ,
Th] wrath shall maV prey,
And all th. . ad.
wind,
1 ord U-himJ
l'UI-l ll'l
6
leads to hell,
•i the Lord on high.
7
r.ut it thou bast a chose
Divide them from the Moody crew
By thy surprising gi
H
Then will 1 rain- my tuneful voice
To make thy wonders known ,
In their salvation I'll It
And I, less thee tor my awn.
■1!>\ Am 16*
[r-dhn 1 1. 2d Part. CM.)
The Folly nf ftruCUtOTi.
AKF. smner. now -.. senseless frown,
That the] the taints devour'
And never worship at thy throne,
.Nnr tear thine awful power?
.'
Great G. .eir surprise,
Reveal thy iii
Let them no more th] w rath
, mi our hope to shame.
3
Dong the just?
Thai we shorn me our trust ;
unfound their ,
4
O that the joyful day were come
bis children home,
gs sh ill nevei
.
An.:
, it: ion.
\\ ho thus .. intS!
And pities her complaints!
i • : with »ad tttrpri i ,
i.i(.
lem that rise
To do his children i
3
When I | tlieir ho»t,
They fall a
4
5ion*s King
Her i Jie'
.\v.A ' .
N
494, 495
CHRISTIAN CHURCH.
496, 497
THE SAFETY, DELIVERANCE. AND
TRIUMPH OF THE CHURCH.
491- Bramcoate 8, Chard 175, Marks 65.
(Ps. 135. v. 1—4, 14, 19—21. 1st Pt. L.M.)
The Church is Gcd's House and Care.
PRAISE ye the Lcrd, exalt his name,
While in his holy courts ye wait,
Ye saints, that io his house belong,
Or stand attending at his gate.
2
Praise ye the Ltrd ; the Lord is good;
To praise his name is sweet employ :
Isiael he those of old, and Kill
ILs church is his peculiar joy.
3
The Lcrd himself will judge his saints;
He treats his servants as his friends;
And when he heais their sore complaints,
Repents the sorrows that he sends.
4
Thro' every age the Lord declares
His name, and breaks th' oppressor's rod ;
He gives his suffering servants rest,
And will be known. 5 God.
5
Bless ye the Lord, who taste his love,
People and piiesis exalt his name:
Amongst his saints he ever dwcHs;
His church is his Jerusalem.
4.95- Michaels 1H>, Gainsbro' 29.
(Hymn 39. B. 1. CM.)
God's tender Care of his Church,
Laiah xlix. 13, Sec.
NOW shall my inward joys arise
And burst into ascng,
Almight;. love inspires my heart,
And pleasure tunes my tongue.
2
God on his thirsty Sion-hill
Some mercy-drops l..\> thrown,
Ami solemn oaths have bound his love
To shower salvation down.
3
Why do we then indulge our fears,
. .aints?
Is he a God, and shall his grace
Glow wear} of his sa
4
Can a kind woman e er forget
The infant of her w
Ai d "mcngsi a thousand lender thoughts
lier suckling have no rooinr
5
aith the I ord, ' should nature change,
'And ii. then .:. rosters prove,
til! dwells upon the heart
' Ol eveiiasting Love.
6
' Deep on the pahns of both my hands
. \i her name,
' M) hands J, all raise h« ruin d walls,
' Ana build her bioken frame.'
493- Nevubury 132, Sprague 166.
(HymnS. D. 1. CM.)
The Safe.y and Protection of the Church,
Isaiah xxvi. l — 6.
HOW honourable is the place
W here we adoring stand,
Zion the giory of the earth,
And beauty cf the land!
2
Bulwarks of mighty grace defend
The city where we dwell,
The walls, ot strong salvation made,
Defy uY assaults of heil.
3
Lift up the everlasting gates,
The doors wide open fling,
Enter ye nations that obey
The statutes of our king.
4
Here shall you taste unmingled joys,
And live in perfect peace,
You that have known Jehovah's name,
And ventur'd on his grace;
5
Trust in the Lord, for ever trust,
And oanish all youi feais ;
Stiength in die Lord Jehovah dwells,
Eternal as his vears.
6
[What tho' the rebels dwell on high,
His arm shall bring them low,
Low as the caverns of the grave
Their lofty heads shall bdw.j
7
On Babylon our feet shall tiead
In that rejoicing hour,
is of her waiis shall spread
A pavement for the poor.j
497- Chard 175, Derby 16?, Wells 102.
(Hymn 64. B. 2. L. M.)
God the Glory and Defence of S ion.
HAPPY the church, thou sacred place,
The seat of thy Creator's grace';
Thine holy com is are his abode,
Thou earthly palace of our God.
2
Thy walls are strength, and at thy gates
A guard of heaven lj warriors waits;
Nor shall thy deep foundations move,
Fix'd on his counsels and his love.
3
Thy foes in vain designs engage,
this throne in vain they lage;
Like iisin- waves, with angry roar,
That dash and die upon the shore.
4
Then let our souls in Zion dwell,
Nor tear the wialh o! Rome and hell :
Hi> aims embrace this bappy ground,
Like brazen bulwarks bunt aiuund.
5
God is our shield, and God our sun ;
the lieeting mt ments run,
On us he sheds new beams of grace,
And we reflect his brightest
SAFETY, fee, OF THE CIKKC II.
50d, 301
: Ml.
(Hymn 18. 8.9. I..M.)
The 'tis.
HIGH on i I ■
I he K
Sight
Maml (raiting round his awful
■■•. the Lord, my Gabriel, go,
[to 5 fruitful m
.oW,
' Sing and pro) >ur lour- +.'
3
Here a skies,
An I u,
Anoo a i
And breaks the chains from Peter's hands J.
4
Tin winged tre-
ss an «>u ihj « irch below,
I
Lei ange. uj too.
. Lord i
Al thy command they go and
\\ ith cheerful '<
Iren to their home.
lis \02, Winch
Part. L. M.)
The Church's Sqfe.y and Triumph among
Gaiuts,
•r ourcomp
Behold him present with nil aid.
Let mountains from their seats be hurl'd
l to the deep, and buried there ;
I ike the solid world,
Our faith shall never yield to fear.
3
Loud may the troubled ocean roar,
In sacred peace our souls ainde,
While every nation, every
Trembles, and dreads the swelling tide.
There is a stream whose gentle flow
Supplies the cit ^
gliding thro',
And watering our divine a
i stream, thine holy word,
Tnat all our raging ft ar i onl
Sweet peace t
And give new strength to fainting souls.
6
i joys her monarch'-
Beenre a^am^t a threatening hour;
Nor can
Built on bis truth, and aim "d with power.
•Luke i. 3h- + ii.
j Acts xii. 7.
500- AV " •'< I I'M, <-.<».•.'./, ■ y,. Chard 175.
I Pan. LM.J
r hi, Church.
Li in hei king .
md kingdoms rise ;
1 ne nations melt, the tumult dies.
ii ob fought,
And |a God II ou
i wi ought,
What desolaiions Ik has made1
J
From sea to sea, thro' all the shores,
W hen from on high his thunder roars,
lie awe3 the trembling world to peace.
■ bow, he cuts the spear,
i me j
Keep silence all the earth, ami iieai
i he sound and gloiy o: his name.
.">
' Re still, and learn that I am God,
' 111 be exalted o'er the lands,
known an 1 fear'd abroad,
• But still mj throne in sun stands.'
6
0 Lord of hosts, almighty king,
Iwell,
i sing
Defiance to die gates ot hell.
501. Cambridge Afav74, Tmibridgt 103.
(Hymn 28. B. 1. CM.)
The Triumph qf Christ over : \
Ixiii. I— : . ice.
God,
♦ V i rtate, '
e Iduntean road
sjate ?
2
The glory of his robes proclaim
me victorious king :
e Just, t'n" Almighty One,
' That your salvation bring.'
3
its inquire,
mine apparel
' And ail thy vesture staind like those
wine- press tres
' 1 by myself have trod the press,
ne,
ead,
-ir) stamp'd them d
5
blood that dyes mv robes
• With
iumpfa that m> raiment wears
1 Sprung from their !
iroy'd
■
an .inn t*avenge their wrongs,
4 An ear for their i
502, 503
CHRISTIAN CHURCH.
504, 505, 506
5 02- Tunbridge 1 03, Foltett 181, Otford 106 .
(Hymn 29. B. 1. CM.)
The Ruin of Antichrist, Isa.lxiii. 4—7.
* T LIFT my banners,' saith the Lord,
X ' Where Antichrist has stood,
•The city of my gospel-foei
' Shall be a field of blood.
2
• My heart has study'd just revenge,
' And now the day appears,
lay of my redeem'd is come
4 To wipe away their tears.
3
* Quite weary is my patience grown,
' And bids my fury go;
' Swift as the lightening it shall move,
- And be as fatal too.
4
• 1 call for helpers but in vain :
* Then has my gospel none?
' Well, mine own arm has might enough
' To crush my foes alone.
5
' Slaughter and my devouring sword
■ Shall walk the streets around,
' Babel shall reel beneath my stroke,
' And stagger to the ground.'
6
Thy honours. O victorious King!
Thine own right hand shall raise,
While we thy awful vengeance sing,
And our Deliverer praise.
503- London 180, Tunbridge 103,
Canterbury 199.
(Hymn 56. B.I. CM.)
The Song of Moses and the Lamb ; or, Baby-
lon falling, Rev. xv. 3. xvi. 19. xvii. 6.
T T TE sing the glories of thy love,
VV We sound thy dreadful name ;
The Christian church unites the songs
Of Moses and the Lamb.
2
Great God, how wonderous are thy works
Of vengeance and of grace!
Thou King of saints, Almighty Lord,
How just and true thy ways!
3
Who dares refuse to fear thy name,
Or worship at thy throne'
Thy judgments speak thine holiness
Thro' all the nations known.
4
Great Babylon, that rules the earth,
Drunk with the martyrs blood,
Her crimes shall speedily awake
'Ihe fury of our God.
5
The cup of wrath is ready mix'd,
And she must drink the dregs;
Strong is the Lord her sovereign judge,
And shall fulfil the plagues.
504- Chard 175, Redemption 213, Wells 102.
(Hymn 58. B.l. L. M.)
The Devil vanquished } or Michael's War
with the Dragon, Rev. xii. 7.
LET mortal tongues attempt to sing
The wars of heaven,when. Michael stood
Chief general of the Eternal King,
And fought the battles of our God.
2
Against the dragon and his host
The armies of the Lord prevail:
In vain they rage, in vain they boast,
Their courage sinks, their weapons fail.
3
Down to the earth was Satan thrown,
Down to the earth his legions fell ;
Then was the trump of triumph blown,
And shook the dreadful deeps of hell.
4
Now is the hour of darkness past,
Christ hath assum'd his reigning power;
Behold the great accuser cast
Down from the skies, to rise no more.
5
'Twas by thy blood, immortal Lamb,
Thine armies trod the tempter down ;
'Twas by thy word and powerful name,
They gain'd the battle and renown.
6
Rejoice, ye heavens; let every star
Shine with new gluiies round the sky;
Saintj, while ye sing the heavenly war,
Raise your Deliverer's name on high.
j 05- Wells 102, Old Hundred 100,
Islington 40.
(Hymn 59. B.2. L.M.)
Babylon fallen, Rev. xviii. 20,21.
IN Gabriel's hand a mighty stone
Lies, a fair type of Babylon :
' Prophets, rejoice, and, ail ye saints,
< God shall avenge your long complaints.'
o
He said, and dreadful as he stood,
He sunk ihe millstone in the Hood :
' Tims terribly shall Babel fall;
' Thus, and no more, be found at all.'
CHURCH MEETINGS.
506- Folktt 181, Otford 106, Irish 171.
(Psalm 126. CM.)
The Joy of a remarkable Conversion ; or,
Melancholy removed.
WHEN GodreveaPd his gracious name,
And chang'd my mournful state,
My rapture seem'd a pleasing dream,
The grace appear'd so great.
2
Ihe world beheld the glorious change,
And did thy hand confess ;
,ue broke out in unknown strains,
And sung surprising grace :
507, 508
UU'KCil MEETINGS.
51 ', jio
. ray neighbour!
\n i ..wn'it llu powei tin me ;
II i| the wmk,' my heart reply'd,
• .\u l be ihc glorv thine.'
^
rhe Lord can deal the darkest ikies,
la; foi in -iii,
Make drops <>t ui red sorrow rise
lo riven of delight
.5
Let those that sow in sadness wait
Till the tan !>
The; shall confess their -heaves arc great.
And shout the blc
Tho* seed lie bury'd h ng in dost,
; ,on hope;
piecsoui grain caw ne'er be lost,
. ace insures the
I.th.i/ioti 7'.>, l.-vtm 30, Islington k).
D 136. L. M.)
Sttt prising Dtlivt ■ a
WHEN G ur captive state,
i u uur soag, and gi
theme ,
The grace beyossd our hopes so great,
appeared a painted dream.
I
The scoffer owns thy hand, and pay-,
;n» honour.-, l<> thy .
While we with pleasure shout thy p
With cheerful notes thy love proclaim.
3
W hen wt review our dismal
hard to think they'd v tni
our Mowing tears,
4
in thai in his furrow <i held
His scattered
Will shout to see the harvest yield
A welcome load of joyful sh
508- Bramcoat* 8, Lrwton 3<>, Marts 65.
(Psalm 34. 1st Part. L. M
God'sCar$ qf tkt Saints ;or, Deliverance by
L; xv ill bless thee all it.
nail dwell upon my tongue ;
il shall gloiy in thy .
White sain;* rejoice to iK-ar the song.
th me,
i ha name;
1 sought th' eternal God, and he
lias not exposM nry hope to shame.
I told him all my secret grief,
M] K i his ears;
He uase an inward pains
Aim lalm'd the tumult of mj tears.
\
To him the poor lift up their eyes,
Their faces keel the hea\ enh shine ;
.i of mercy from the skies
Fills them with light and joy divine.
Mis he* » their tenr*
' rd;
I 1 i;is sa:nl-.
Taste o this ^race and trust his word.
6"
The wild young lions, pinch'dwith pain
A nd hi ro' all the wood ;
' the Lord in vain,
Nor want Supplies of real good.
509- i' ■■■'■■• f, \ ••• t r*33, lakm 139.
(Psalm 34. ver. 1—10. 1st Part. CM.)
■ t >il,iciii Diiverance.
I the lord from day to day;
How good are all his ways :
\ e humble M'ul- thai use to pray,
Come, he!)) my lips to praise l
'>
the honour of Lis name,
il i v a poor tufferei
v i was his hope expos-d to shame,
Nor was his suit deny'd.
3
When threatening sorrows round me stood,
Ami endless fears a
Like the loud billows of a flood,
ll Im? all mj woes;
I
ie lord my sore distress
Vs itli heavy groans and i
iitients ease,
And tftene'd all mj fean.
PA l
[O sinners, come and taste hb love,
e, Ie i.'ii hi- pit a-..:U '-sa>s,
uence prove
i,
He bids In- angeb ))it( h their tents
Round where his children dwell;
\\ hat ills their heavenly care prevents,
No earthly tongue can tell. J
7
: bis ;
His i \. jttst;
My blets'd their portion is
Who nuke the Lord their trust I
s
Young lions pirn h*d with hunger roar,
imish m tii-* wood ;
ins holy poor
• cry need.ul good.]
5 10
(Psalm 66. ver. 13 — JO. 3d Part. CM.)
Praia Bring Prayer.
Nil my solemn vows be paid
wer,
That heard me kmg requests I made
In my distressful hour.
Mj lips and -h.eerful heart prepare
I o make 1..- v» n;
C inc. re that tcai mj < Jo , and hear
1 he wonder* he baa
N J
511, 512
CHRISTIAN CHURCH.
513, 514
When on my head huge sorrows tell,
I sought his heavenly aid ;
He sa\ 'd my sinking soul from hell
And death's eternal shade.
4
If sin lay tover'd in my heart,
While prayer employ 'd my tongue,
The Lord had shewn me no regard,
Nor I his praises sung.
5
But God, ;his name be ever blest)
Hath set my spirit free,
Nor turn'd from him my poor request,
Nor turn'd his heart from me.
511. Rozi'ks 73, Nezucourt 173, Bram-
coatc 8.
(Psalm 106. ver. 1—5. 1st Part. L.M.)
Praise to God; or, Communion u-ith Saints.
TO God, the great, die ever-blest,
Let songs of honour be addrest :
His mercy firm for ever stands;
Give him the thanks his love demands.
2
\\ ho knows the wondeis of thy ways;
Who shall fulfil thy boundless praise?
Blest aie the ioub that fear thee still,
And pay their duty to thy will.
3
Remember what thy mercy did
For |a »b"s race, thy chosert seed;
And will) the same salvation bless
The meanest suppliant of thy grace.
4
O may 1 see thy tribes rejoice,
And aid their triumphs with my voice;
qny glory, Lord, to be
Join'd to thy saints, and near to thee.
512- Newbury 133, Salem 139, Wilt-
shire 110.
(Psalm 102. ver. 13—21. 2d Part. CM.)
Prayer heard, and Zion restored.
LE T Zion and her sons rejoice,
Behold the promis'd hour;
Her God hath heard her mourning voice,
And comes t' exalt his power.
Her dust and ruins that remain
Are precious in our ej es ;
Those ruins shall be built again,
And all that dust shall rise.
3
The Lord will raise Jerusalem,
And sland in glory there;
Nations shall bow before his name,
And kings attend with fear.
4
He sits a sovereign on his throne,
w ith pity in his <.-
He hears the dying prisoners groan,
And sees their sighs arise.
5
He frees the souls condemn'd to death,
And when his saints complain,
It shan t be said, ' That praying breath
1 Was evtr spent in vain.'
This shall be known when we are dead,
And left on long record,
That ages >et unborn may read,
And trust, and praise the Lord.
PRAYER AND PRAISE FOR THE EN-
LARGEMENT OF THE CHURCH.
OR,
MISSIONARY MEETINGS.
513- Chard 175, Derby 169, Bromley 104.
(Psalm 72. 1st Part. L.M.)
The Kingdom of Christ.
GREAT God, whose universal sway
The known and unknown worlds obey,
Now give the kingdom to thy Son,
Extend his power, exalt his throne.
Thy sceptre well becomes his hands,
All heaven submits to his commands;
His justice shall avenge the poor,
And pride and rage prevail no more.
3
With power he vindicates the just,
And treads the oppressor in the dust;
His worship and his fear shall last
Till hours and years and time be past.
4
As rain on meadows newly mown
So shall he send his influence down j
His grace on fainting souls distils
Like heavenly dew on thirsty hills.
The heathen lands that lie beneath
rhe Guides of overspreading death,
Revive at hi; first dawning light,
And deserts blossom at the sight.
6
The saints shall flourish in his days,
Drest in the robe.> of joy and praise;
Peace like a river from his throne
Shall flow to nations yet unknown.
5 1 1 . Coombs' s4r>, Gloucester 12, Antigua 120.
(Psalm 72. 2d Part. L.M.)
Christ's Kingdom among the Gentiles.
J rail reign where'er the sun
Does his successive joui nies run ;
His kingdom stretch from shore to shore,
Till moons shall wax and wane no more.
o
[Behold the islands with their kings,
And Europe her b< st tribute brings;
From north to scuth the princes meet
To pay their homage at his feet.
There Persia glorious to behold,
There India shines in eastern gold ;
And barbarous nations at his word
Submit, and bow, and own their Lord.]
4
For him shall endless prayer be made,
And praises throng to crown his head ;
His name like sweet perfume shall rise
With every morning sacrifice.
;»!.
16
MISSIONARY MEETINGS.
51
mgue
\.i i in ill proclaim
on In-, name.
■
The prisoner leaps to lose hit chains,
. j find eternal rest,
A i i all the tool ol m ml ar
7
• he displays his healing power,
Death and the i urse are known no more ;
In him
lan their lath
i
• bring
into ">ir king ;
■ l with songs
An i earth repeat the ;
5 1 j. J mbridge
7 k
I
■ intent of Christ.
I* ol my km-,
i in divinely lair;
ra <•
wuh the Lord compare.
ivenly grace
finite,
hea I.
Gird ■ ..nee,
Knit- with in.
i thy foes,
;
i litre in tiiy ha
To role the taints by love.
ind truth attend ihee still,
But in M j ii
•all till
moat pex iiliar joys.
'■. Gloucester 12.
(Psalm 45. UtPart. L..M.)
Thf Gl hi Power of his Go pel.
■• my Saviour-king,
! fair
v bright his beauties are!
<j
ill the sons of human race
Love from his lips di
And blessings al
J
mod mighty Lord,
i the teiror of thi sword,
In majesty and tjlon rule
With truth and meekness at thy side.
rhine -i " iart.
Shall |).< lit ;
Oi words i
shall melt the rebels at thy feet.
l " 1 1 y throne, <> <■ stands,
- the sceptre in thy h i
Tin law-, and works are JUSI and right,
|ustice and grace are thy delight.
6
God, thine own God, has ii< lily shed
I [is oil of gladness on thy head,
is sacred Spirit blest
His lir>t-born bon above the rest.
517. i Portugal W.
m 1 10. 1st i'art. L.M.)
Christ exalted, and Multitude converted; or,
the Success of the G
THUfJ the ett rnal rather spake
To c hrist the Son, ' Ascend and sit
1 \t my right hand, till I sha'l make
it thy feet.
<j
i thy word proceed,
■ in tli\ hand,
' shall make the hearts of rebels bl<
>'.v ihcir wills to thy command.
' That da ■ ;;eat,
all dock with willing minds,
4 And sinners crowd thy teni|
' v\ here holiness in beauty shine.-.'
4
rer! O glorious day !
And converts, who th\ grace obey,
ps oi morning-dew.
5 1 8- Bramcoati 8, Marks 65.
(P.alm 110. 'id Part. L.M.)
Kingdom and Priesthood of Christ.
Till ^ the ? to and -ea
•id th i is he swore ;
.1 >haii ti y priesthood be,
' And change from hand to hand no more.
and all his sons must die;
' But ew: thine,
■ tor eve; those thai flv
ige :io;n the wrath divine.
* By mi was made
' On earth a king ami priest at once;
' And t i plead,
• And thou, my King, shah rule my sons.'
I
;- hu throne,
, Wink I
i the lather and th
Proceed with honour and su<
->
Thro' ihe whole eanh his reign shall spread,
ush the powi ; - ;>eli
. Ige the n-.mg dead,
And send the guilty world to heiL
519, 530
CHRISTIAN CHURCH.
521,522
Tho' while he (reads his glorious way,
He drink the cup of tears and blood,
1 he sufferings of that dreadful day
Shall but advance him near to God.
519- Otford 106, Follett 181, Providence
College 10.
(Psalm 110. CM.)
Christ's Kingdom and Priesthood.
JESUS, our Lord, ascend thy throne,
And near the Father sit ;
In /ion shall thy power be known,
And make thy foes submit.
What wonders shall thy gospel do !
Thy converts shall surpass
The numerous drops of morning dew,
And own thy sovereign grace.
3
God hath pronoune'd a firm decree,
Nor changes what he swore ;
' Eternal shall thy priesthood be,
' When Aaron is no more.
4
1 Melchisedek, that wonderous priest,
' That king of high degree,
' That holy man who Abr'am blest,
• Was but a type of thee.'
5
Jesus our priest for ever lives
To plead for us above ;
Jesus our King for ever gives
The blessings of his love.
6
God shall exalt his glorious head,
And his high throne maintain,
Shall strike the powers and princes dead
Who dare oppose his reign.
520- Irish 171, Liverpool 83, Stamford 9.
(Hymn 50. B.l. CM.)
The Song of Zacharias, and the Message ef
John the Baptist ; or. Light and S
by Jesus Christ, Luke i. 63, &c. Johni.
S9, 32.
"VTOW be the God cf Israel bless'd,
J_\ Who makes his truth appear,
His mighty hand fulfils hi, word,
And all the oaths he sware.
2
Now he bedews old David's root
\\ ith blessings from the skies ;
He makes the Branch of promise grow,
The promis'd Horn arise.
3
[John was the prophet of the Lord
To go before his face,
The herald which our >aviour God
Sent to prepare his ways.
4
He makes the great salvation known,
He speaks of paidon'd sins;
While grace divine and heavenly love
In its own glory shines.
' Behold the Lamb of God, (he cries)
' 1 hat take:, our guilt away:
' I saw the spirit o'er his head
' On his baptizing day.]
6
* Be ev'ry vale exalted high,
' Sink every mountain low,
1 The proud must stoop, and humble souls
' Shall his salvation know.
7
' The heathen realms with Israel's land
' Shall join in sweet accord ;
' And all that's born of man shall see
1 The glory of the Lord.
8
' Behold the morning-star arise,
' Ye that in darkness sit ;
' He marks the paths that lead to peace,
' And guides our doubtful feet.'
52 ! • James's 163, Hephzibah 77.
(Hymn 21. B.l. CM.)
A Vision of the Kingdom of Christ among Men.
Rev. xxi. 1 — i.
LO, what a glorious sight appears
To our believing eyes;
The earth and sea a;e pass'd away,
And the old rolling skies.
2
From the third heaven where God resides,
That holy happy place,
The New Jerusalem comes down
Adorn'd with shining grace.
3
Attending angels shout for joy,
And the bright armies sing,
Mortals, behold the sacred seat
Of your descending king.
4
The God of glory do~.cn to men
Removes his bUss'd abode,
Men the dear objects of his grace,
And he the loving God.
5
His oxen soft hand shall 7vipe the tears
From every - re e ping eve,
And pains, and groans, and griefs, and fears,
And death itself ska 11 die.
6
How long, dear Saviour, O how long,
Shall this bright hour delay:
Fly swifter round, ye wheels of time,
And bring the welcome day.
jjington 61, Mia!/ 2-10, Boston 159.
(Psalm 117. CM.)
Praise to God from all Nations.
OALL ye nations, praise the Lord,
Each with a different tongue;
In every language learn his word,
And let his name be sung.
His mercy reigns thro' every land ;
Proclaim his °race abroad ;
For ever firm his truth shall stand,
Praise ye the faithful God.
■
BAP1
Denbigh 54, R ston 40.
The
Fil dwell below t'.c
Ihro' every land, b\ every tongue.
Eternal arc thy m
.. troth attend!
Thy prai to shore,
Till suns shall n»e and set DO D
5 • |. ftrmoni 134, Falcon 209,
-
(Psalm 117.
THY n.ime, almight] I
•:inl land*;
: lure tin word,
Tin truth tor ever It
Far be thine honour -
And Km • ndure,
Till morning light and evening shade
shall be exchang'd no more.
CIRCUMCISION AND BAPTISM*.
T
5. Portugal Tt, Grcetfi HunJi td 89.
[Hymn 58. B. I. L.M.I
Matt. xxviii. 19. Acts
f our Lord,
tek the nation; and baptizt y
;iv'd the word
,>.>n lh' eternal hills,
W : and pardon in his hands
.nit, with the seals,
ti tant British ...
• nth)
-is our faith.
And shews Us wliat his go.,pcl means.
4
Our souls he washes in his blood,
lean;
And the good Spirit from our God
: ram.
Ives to thee,
tnt with the Lord :
t) ma
In beat en our solemn vows record !
"i 117.
Belli .. in Baptism,
Ron
Dmn word,
buried with the Lord,
: then
Put oil the body of our sin f
Our soul .ner breath,
.
So from the grave did Christ arise,
And lives to God above the -
3
No more let sin or Satan reign
Over our mortal flesh again ;
The vai -fore
shall have dominion now no more.
.*) J7 M«> Fori 33, Hamm
Irish 171.
[Hymn 1 13. B. I. CM.)
, Gen.
\tii. 7. Rom. xv. 8. Mark x. 14.
Hrge the promise : ho«
To Abra'm and his •
/ thine,
■r.ls of his extensive love
1 rom age to age endure ;
The an,'tl of the COvenanl proves,
And seals the ble-Mngsure.
th confirms
To out • ,'iven ;
•n i" his arms
And calls them heirs of heaven.
^
•aithtul are nil
IIi> love endures tin
Nor from the p _; race-
Blots out the children's name.
i ihe irrangement of the HynM in this riapter, on I tt-iptrm, I am gratc-
lebteu to one >l cubic Brctl.ren of the c )minalion.
528, 529, 530
BAPTISM.
531, 532
528. Gainsbro'09, Bath Chapel 26.
(Hymn 114. B. 1. CM.)
The same, Rom. xi. 16, 17.
GENTILES by nature we belong
To the wild olive-wood;
Grace took us from the barren tree,
And grafts Us in the good.
2
With the same blessings grace endows
T iie Gentile and the Jew;
If pure and holy be the rout,
Such are the branches too.
3
Then let the children of the saints
Be dedicate to God ;
Pour out thy Spirit on them, Lord,
And wash them in thy blood.
4
Thus to the parents and their seed
Shall thy salvation coire,
And numerous households meet at last
In one eternal home.
529- George's 2, Bath Chapel 26.
(Hymn 121. B. 1. CM.)
Children devoted to God, Gen. xvii. 7, 10.
Actt xvi. 14, 15,33.
(Tor those who practise Infant Baptism. J
THUS saith the mercy of the Lord,
4 I'll be a God to thee:
' I'll bless thy numerous mce, and they
' Shall be a seed for me.'
2
Abra'm believ'd the promis'd grace
And g3ve his sons to God;
But water seals the blessing now,
That once was seal'd with blood.
3
Thus Lydia sanciify'd her house
When she receiv'd the word;
Thus the believing jailor gave
his household to the Lord.
4
Thus later saints, eternal king,
Thine ancient truth embrace;
To thee their infant-offspring bring,
And humbly claim the grace.
530. FroomeQ55, James's 163.
(Hymn 134. B.2. CM.)
Circv.mci. ion abolished.
THE promise was divinely free,
Extensive was the grace;
/ will the God of Abrah'm be,
And of his numerous race.
2
He said ; and with a bloody seal
Confirm'd the words he spoke;
Long did the sons of Abraham feel
The sharp and painful yoke.
3
Till God's own Son. descending low,
Gave his own flesh to bleed ,
And Gentiles taste the blessing now,
l'roin the hard bondage fteed.
The God of Abrah'm claims our praise,
His promises endure,
And Chnst the Loid in gentler ways
Makes the salvation sure.
53 1. Ailt Street 241, Islington 40.
(Hymn 127. B.2. L.M.)
Circumcision and Baptism.
("Written only for those icho practise the
Baptism of Infants. J
HHHUS did the sons of Abrah'm pass
X Under the bloody seal of grace ;
The young disciples bore the yoke,
Till Christ the painful bondage broke.
2
By milder ways doth Jesus prove
His father's covenant, and his love;
He sejb to saints his glorious grace,
And not forbids their infant-race.
3
Their seed is sprinkled with his blood,
Their children set apart for God,
1 1 is Spirit on their offspring shed,
Like water pour'd upon the head.
4
Let every saint with cheerful voice
in this laige covenant rejoice ;
Young children in their early days
Shall give the God of Abrah'm praise.
532- Bedford 91, Irish 171, Braintree 25.
(Hymn 141. B.2. CM.)
Faith assisted by Sense ; or, Preaching, Bap~
tistn, ana the Lord's Supper.
MY Saviour-God, my Sovereign-Prince
Reigns far above the skies;
But brings his graces down to sense
And helps my faith to rise.
2
My eyes and ears shall bless his name,
They read and hear his word ;
My touch and taste shall do the same
When they receive the Lord.
3
Baptismal water is design'd
To seal his cleansing grace,
While at his feast of bread and wine
He gives his saints a place.
4
But not the waters of a flood
Can make my flesh so clean,
As by his Spirit and hi; blood
He'll wash my soul from sin.
5
Not choicest meats, or noblest wines
So much my heart refresh,
As when my faith goes through the signs
And feed's upon his flesh.
6
1 love the Lord that stoops so low
To give his word a seal ;
But the rich grace his hands bestow
Exceeds the figures still.
5J5, J3G
THE LORD'S SUPPER.
53 | . Old Hum I ■•, Hundreds.
(Hymn I. K.J. L. M.)
TW \> on that daik, tlut doleful night
h ami hell arose
Again-
Is t;ctra> <1 linn tu his toes :
Before the mournful scene began
i j.i. diu\ I lest, and brake:
What love thro' all his ai lions ran !
\\ hat w rds of t<i a e he -pake \
1 Thi> is my body broke for sin,
re and cat the I
ik the CUD, and hirst the wine;
* "lis the new coi hianl in oiy blood.'
\
•* tlesh wiih nails was torn,
.urn ;
And justice |H)iir'd u|H>n his
ince m our stea i.
5
his vital blood was spilt,
■ nit,
est si/ce
I
:II end,
In me.r.
Meet ai i
The love ef your departed Lord.
T Jesus, thy feast we c<\
v thy death, we sing thy name,
ill eat
The ma i
534. w rfenwrfl I -h n_>.
S M.)
Commnniom m i with Saints,
. 17.
T - aes his saints
L J To meet around Ins
1 ard.
For food he g
He bi :
i;race
:idtng Godi]
wine
Maintains our fainting breath,
By union with our
And interest in his d
4
Our heavenly Father tails
Christ ami
We the young child;
And he the I
VVe are but •
One i oily haili its *'-ve; al lin
But Jesus is the
'.
Let all our powers be join'd
iaise;
und,
And ever) \oiee be piaise.
hrist ;
• ""1^11 1 | I aiber's love
• 1 shall >tan 1 for esrei goo I ,'
a. d the grace with blood.
2
■ ar covenant of thy word
Jess ruiii'-;
>ment to my I ord,
And • nble claim.
;
Thy li^ht and strength, and pardoning grace,
And gloiy shall De iiiuie ;
i tlesh,
powers aie thine.
1 call that legacy rnj <>wn
W hich Jesus did bequeath ;
with a dying groan,
;atii\'d in death.
5
'fhis name,
is wijI,
And to his testament
is own tHe the seal.
n 116, B.tngor23l.
(Hymn 4. B.J. CM.)
Christ's dyii.g Love; or, our Pardon bought
</. a .u.:r Piice.
How Ic i ending and how kind
Our miser} reach'd his heavenly mi
And pity brought him down.
: ' our sins pr i
Drew forth lb drea
Ills soul up
ut a murmui
heai y woes
To raise us in iu> th
But cost Ins h I
4
is compassion
Th.-.;
The price of pardon was Ins blood,
His pity ne'ei withdrew.
538
THE LORD's SUPPER.
539, 540
Now, tho' he reigns exalted high,
1 1 is love is still as great :
Well he remembers Calvary,
Nor lets his saints forget.
6
[Here we behold his bowels roll,
As kind as when lie dyd ;
Ami see the sorrows of his soul
Bleed thro' his wounded side J
7
[Here we receive repeated seals
Of Jesus dying love :
Hard is the w retch that never feels
One soft affection move.]
8
Here let our hearts begin to melt,
While we his death record,
And with our joy for pardon'd guilt
Mourn that we piere'd the Lord.
537- Bath Chapel 26, Michaels 119.
(Hymn 5. B. 3. CM.)
Christ the Bread of Life, John vi. 31,35,39.
LET us adore th' eternal word,
Tis he our souls hath fed ;
Thou art our living stream, O Lord,
And thou th' immortal bread.
2
[The manna came from lower skies,
But Jesus from above,
Where the fresh springs of pleasure rise,
And rivers flow with love.
3 '
The Jews the fathers dy'd at last
Who eat that heavenly bread ;
But these provisions which we taste
Can raise us frcm the dead.]
4
Blest be the Lord that gives his flesh
To nourish dying men ;
And often spreads his table fresh
Lest we should faint again.
5
Our souls shall draw iheir heavenly breath
While Jesus finds supplies;
Nor shall our graces sink to death,
Lor Jesus never dies.
6
Daily our mortal flesh decays,
But Christ our life shall come ;
His unresisted power shall raise
Our bodies frcm the tomb.]
538- Ailie Street 241, Ulverston 179.
(Hymn 6. B.3. L.M.)
The Memorial of our absent Lord,
John xvi. 16. Luke xxii. 19. John xiv. 3.
Jr.SU 5 is gone above ihe skies.
Where our weak semes reach him not;
.And carnal objects court our e\e>
To thrust our Saviour from oui thought.
He knows what wandering hearts we have
A pt to forget his lovely face ;
And to refresh our minds lie gave
These kind memorials of his grace.
The Lord of life this table spread
With Ins own i'.esli and dying blood ;'
We on the* rich provision feed,
And taste the wine, and bless the God.
4
Let sinful sweets be all forgot,
And earth grow le>s in our esteem;
Christ and his love (ill every thought,
And faith and hope be rix'd on him.
5
While he is absent from our sight
'Tis to prepare our souls a place,
That we may dwell in heavenly light,
And live for ever near his face.
6
Our eyes look upwards to the hills
Whence our returning Lord shall come;
We wait thy Chariot's awful wheels
To fetch our longing spirits home.
5 9- Manning 245, Lebanon 79.
(Hymn 7. B.3. L.M.)
Crucifixion to the Worldbythe Cross of Christ;
Gal. vi. 14,
WTIF.N I survey the wonderous cross
On which the prince of glory dy'd,
My richest gain I count but loss,
And pour contempt on all my pride.
2
Forbid it, Lord, that I should boast
Save in the death of Christ my God ;
All the vain things that charm me most,
I sacrifice them to his blood.
3
See from his head, his hands, his feet,
Sorrow and love tiow mingled down ;
Did e're such love and sorrow meet r
Or thorns compose so rich a crown?
4
[His dying crimson like a robe
Spreads o'er his body on the tree,
Then am 1 dead to all the globe,
And all the globe is dead to me.]
5
W ere the whole realm of nature mine
That were a present far too small ;
Love so amazing, so divine
Demands my soul, my life, my all.
5 JO. Elim 151, Hepkzibah 77.
(Hymn 8. B.3. CM.)
The Tree rf Life.
COME let us join a joyful tune
To our exalted Lord,
Ye saints on high around his throne,
And we around his board,
o
While once upon this lower ground
Weary and faint ye stood,
\\ hat dear refreshments here ye found
From this immortal food !
3
The tree of life that near the throne
In heaven's high garden |
Laden with grace bends gently down
I Its ever-smiling boughs.
54 l
TMl-: LOHD's SriTKK.
ng amongst the leaves there stands
I be tweel celestial dove ,
ii^ on (he brandies lungs
The banner ut hit lu
S
fpua| heaven ol ttranfs daltfjH
w dil;- in his shade we >n,
I i. i> fruit i - pleasiag
Ami to ibe taste j> iwccl
6
New life it spreads ihro' dj a | hearts,
\ nd cheen the drooping mind ;
am! joy the j ,
\\ nliout j sting behind.]
7
Now let the Hammi; weapon stand,
And guard all Eden's tret s>i
; ;>lant in all that land
I hat bears such fruits a* these.
S
Infinite grace our touls adi
wonderoui hand has made
This living branch oi sovereign power
To raise and heal the dead.
.'. 1 1 . Saglt Stieet Niw5B, Harborough 142.
, .ll>mn \>. B.3. S. M.)
The Spirit, the IV.uer, and the Blood.
1 John v. 6.
(" T EX all our tonguei l)e one
L * ■• TO piaise OUT God on high,
in hM bototn teal hi* son
l o feu h u- strangers nigh.
8
Nor let out I
To sing the Saviourl name;
Jesus tlr embassador ol
How cheerful!) he camel
3
li COM lum ciie> and tears
I o niim; us in ai to God ;
i. out debt, and he appears
1" make the payment go
•>
mur's pierced side,
I'our'd out a double tlood,
Bj water weaie pun:\ d,
And pardon \i by the blood.
5
Infinite was our guilt,
Hut he our priest atones;
On the cold | round ln> hie was spilt,
And oller'd with b
6
Look up my soul SO hiin
Whose death was thy desert,
And humbly view the living Stream
How trom his ureaking heart.
7
There on the caned tree
In dying pangs he lies.
Fulfils his Father's gnat de< ree,
And all our wants suppUf >.
8
Thus the Redeemer came
By water ana by blood ;
And when the Spirit speaks the >ame,
cl his witness good.
while the Eternal Three
Be u their rei ord l
Here l believe he dy'd fbi me,
il it. v Sa\ mur's love.
I )
■ . leanse at) Soul horn sin.
Nor !. ;
Great I tide within,
And witness to my heart.]
m 117.
(Hymn 10. B .5. L. M.)
Christ i / '«c_\ I :n and Power
■j iaod.
NATURE with open volume stands
To spread her Maker's piaise abroad;
And every labour of his hands
methiqg worthy of a God.
2
But in the grace that rescu'd man
II s brightest form of glorj shines;
l [ere on the cross tis fairest drawn
In precious blood and crimson lines.
3
[Here his whole name appears complete;
Nor wit can guess, nor reason prove
\\ Inch of the letters best is writ,
1 he power, the wisdom, oi the love.
4
Here I behold his inmost heart
where grace .ml vengeance strangely join
his son with sharpest smart
l o make the purchas'd pleasures mine.
.5
0 the sweet wonders of thai
Where (.• d U e Saviour lov'd and dy\i •
\Wr noblest life my spirit draws
From his dear wounds and bleeding side.
6
1 would for ever speak his name
In SOUnds : - unknown,
v. ith angels join to praise the lamb,
And worship at his father's duone.
K<ifnrd9\,Spr<igue\66.
(Hymn 11. B.3. CM.)
Pardon brought to our Sense:.
LORD, how divine thy comforts are1
Hon heaven)] i- the place
\\ heie Jesus spi< ji. the *.icied feast
of his redeeming grace!
There the rich bounties of our God
And >•' ^liine,
I rs, dial ' I am his,
' And mj beloved's mine.'
3
1 lli re,' (SB] - the kind redeeming I
And • tnded side)
the sj-»i imj: of all ) our joys,
pen's when 1 shed.'
He smiles and < leers mv mourntul licart
And tells ol all hit pain,
1 All this,' says he, ' 1 b >n tor thee,
• And then he - miles again
O
544, 545
THE LORD'S SUPPEE.
546, 547
What shall we pay our heavenly King
For grace so vast as this?
He brings our pardon to our eyes,
And seals it with a kiss.
6
[Let such amazing loves as these
Be sounded all abroad,
Such favours are beyond degrees,
And worthy of a God.]
7
[To him that wash'd us in his blood
Be everlasting praise,
Salvation, honour, glory, power,
Eternal as his days.]
544. Wirreham 117, A'rfie Street 241.
(Hymn 12. B.3. L.M.)
The Gospel Feast, Luke xiv. 16, &c
rT TOW rich are thy provisions, Lord!
|_ JTJL Thy table farnish'd from above,
The fruits of life o'er-spread the board,
The cup o'er-fiows with heavenly love.
o
Thine ancient family the Jews
V. ere fust invited to the feast,
We humbly take what they refuse,
And Gentiles thy salvation taste.
3
We are the poor, the blind, the lame,
And help was far, and death was nigh,
But at the gospel call we came,
And every want receiv'd supply.
4
From the high-way that leads to hell,
From paths of darkness and despair,
Lord, we are come with thee to dwell,
Glad to enjoy thy presence here.]
5
[What shall we pay th" eternal Son
That left the heaven of his abode,
And to this wretched earth came down
To bring us wanderers back to God.
6
It cost him death to save our lives,
To buy our souls it cost his own ;
And all the unknown joys he gives
Were bought with agonies unknown.
7
Ou: everlasting love is due
To him that ransom'd sinners lost ;
And pity'd rebels when he knew
The vast expence his love would cost.]
545. Spr ague 166, Bedford 91.
(Hymn 13. B.3. CM.)
Divine Love matin? a least, and calling in
the Guests, Luke xiv. 17, 22, 23.
HOW- >weet and awful is the place
With Christ within the doors,
While everlasting love displays
The choicest of he: stores!
2
Here every bowel of our God
With soft compassion rolls,
Heie peace and pardon bought with blood
Is food for dying souls.
[While all our hearts and all our songs
Join to admire the feast,
Each of us cry with thankful tongues,
' Lord, why was 1 a guest >.
4
' Why was I made to hear thy voice,
' And enter while there's room?
1 When thousands make a wretched choice
' And rather starve than come.']
5
'Twas the same love that spread the feast,
That sweetly fore'd us in,
Else we had still refus'd to taste,
And perish'd in our sin.
6
Pity the nations, O our God,
Constrain the earth to come;
Send thy victorious word abroad,
And bring the strangers home.
7
We long to see thy churches full,
That all the chosen race
May with one voice and heart and soul
Sing thy redeeming grace.]
546- Green's Hundred 89, Rochford 22.
(Hymn 14. B.3. L.M.)
The Song of Simeon, Luke ii. 28; or, a Sight
of Christ makes Death easy.
NOW have our hearts embrae'd our God,
We would forget all earthly charms,
And wish to die as Simeon would
With his young Saviour in his arms.
2
Our lips should learn that joyful song,
Were but our hearts prepaid like his,
Our souls still willing to be gone,
And at thy word depart in peace.
3
Here we have seen thy face, O Lord,
And view'd salvation with our eyes,
Tasted and felt the living word.
The bread descending from the skies.
4
Thou hast prepar'd this dying Lamb,
Hast set his blood before our face,
To teach the terrors of thy name,
And show the wonders of thv grace.
5
He is our light; our morning star
Shall shine on nations yet unknown:
The glory of thine Israel here,
And joy of spirits near the throne.
547- James's 163, Gainsborough 29.
(Hymn 15. B.3. CM.)
Our Lord Jesus at his than Table.
rrT~,HE memory of our dying Lord
|_ JL Awakes a thankful tongue:
How rich lie spread his royal Ik aid,
And blest the food, and sung.
2
Happy the men that eat this bread,
but' double blest was he
That gently bow'd his loving head,
And lean'd it, Lord, on thee.
MS
THE LOKI)\ SUPPER.
549, 550
the nunc delights we ta>te
.\n thai
; .nut k-aii on |esu» breast,
And take the beavenlj bi
4
Down from the palace of the
llllllv
• Ami drink ^.livj;:
>d ami physic too,
' A balm for all your pains:
to* of pardon
6
■
. he feeds hit saints above
\\ ith nobler blessings too.
the dear day. the glorious hour
: brings our souk to ieNt I
Then « • more,
But dwell at tli' hi. i
'for J 91.
(Hymn 16. B.3. C If.
The Jgtmi
Net our pains be
hearts no more repiae,
Our sul a thought,
d with thine.
In lively ri surer, here ■
The bleeding Prince of love;
Fj.Ii of us hepe, he dy'd tor me.
And then our gnets rem
3
[Our humble faith here takes her rise
\\ hile sitting round his board ;
And hack io Calvary she flies
To view her groaning Lord.
4
His soul what agonies it fell
When his own God with.:
And the targe load of all our guilt
Lay heavy on him too.
>
But the divinity within
Supported nun to bear:
e conqaerHl bell and sin,
: made ins triumph the
(i
Grace, wisdom, justice ioui'd and wrought
I "iiders of tlu;
r mortal thought
Can equal thanks repav.
7
Our hymns should sound like those above.
Could we ou-
Yet, Lord, our heaits shall all be 1
And all our 111 .
view 55.
am 17. B. J. s M
Incamparahli FooJ I <!/:d
. I
|"U7 E Mng th' amazing deeds
(_ > \ ;>eilorm- ;
1 h' eternal God conies down and b.ceds
nil-reviving «
Dear >a\ioiir, 'us thy blood;
We thank that lacred flesh ot thine
For ibis immortal food.]
..liquet that we eat
U madg ol heaven!)
Earth luih no dainties halt so sweet
.: Redeemer oiings.
4
In vain had Adam
And v. len round.
For there was no such blessed fruit
In all the happy ground.
Th' angelic host afa
Can never taste this food,
Thej feast upon their Maker's love,
But not a Saviour's blood.
6
On us th" almighty Lord
ws th^ matchless grace.
And meets us with some cheering word,
\\ ith pleasure in his face.
Come, all ye drooping saints,
K ing.
This wine will drown yoursad complaints,
And tune \our voice to sing.
B
r.ion to the name
Of our adored Cl'i
1 liro' the wide earth his grace proclaim,
,n'st.
550. Portu°jl?7,Ulvfrsto>i 179.
(Hymn 18. B.3. L
The . .
JLSUS, we bow l>c:ore thy feet,
Thy table is divine!]
• i rlesli our souls lu
Tis living bread ; we tlunk tliee, Lord?
And here we drink our Saviour's blood,
We tb ierous wine;
Mingled with love the fountain tlow "d
From that dear bleeding heart of thine.
On earth is no such sw
Tor the Limb's flesh is heavenly food;
Btb the glooe around
For bread » fine, or wine so good.
1
Carnal provisions can at best
But cheer the heart or warm the brad,
But the rich cordial
. eternal to t.
O J
551, 552
THE LORD'S SUPPER.
553
Joy to the master of the feast,
His name our souls for ever bless :
To God the King and God the priest
A loud Hosanna round the place.
551- Wareham 1 17, Great's Hundred 89.
(Hymn 19. B.3. L.M.)
Glory in the Cross ; or, tint ashamedof Christ
crucify 'd.
AT thy command, our dearest Lord,
Here we attend thy dying feast ;
Thy blood like wine adorns' thy board,
And thine own flesh feeds everv guest.
2
Our faith adores thy bleeding love,
And trusts for life in one that dy"d ;
We hope for heavenly crowns above
, From a Redeemer crucifv'd.
3
Let the vain world pronounce it shame,
And fling their scandals on thy cause ;
We come to boast our Saviour's name,
And make our triumphs in h s cross.
4
With joy we tell the scoffing age
He that was dead has left his tomb,
He lives above their utmost rage,
And we are waiting till he come.
552- Bath Chapel 26, Bedford 91.
(Hymn 20. B.3. CM.)
The Provisions for the Table of our Lord ; or,
the Tree of Life, and River of Love.
LORD, we adore thy bounteous hand,
And sing the ioiemn feast
W here sweet celestial dainties stand
For every willing guest.
[Fhe tree of life adorns the board
With rich immortal fruit,
And ne'er an angry faming sword
To guard the passage tot.
3
The cup stands crown'd with living juice;
The fountain flows above.
And runs down streaming for our use
In rivulets of love.]
4
The food's prepar'd by heavenh art,
The pleasures well reiin'd,
They spread new life thro' every heart,
And cheer the drooping mind.
Shout and proclaim the Saviour's love
Ye saints that taste his wine,
Join with your kindied saints above,
In loud Hosannasjoin.
6
A thousand glories to the God
That gives such joy as this,
Ho>anna! let it sound abroad,
And reach where Jesus is.
553- James's 163, Worksop 31.
(Hymn 21. B.3. CM.)
The Triumphal Feast for Chria's Victory
over Sin, and Death, and Hell.
l"/^OME let us lift our voices high,
|_V^ High as our joys arise,
And join the songs above the sky,
Where pleasure never dies.
2
Jesus, the God that fought and bled,
And conquer'd when he fell,
That rose, and at his chariot wheels
Dragg'd all the powers of hell.]
3
Resits the God invites us here
To this triumphal feast,
And brings immortal blessings down
For each redeemed guest.]
4
The Lord ! how glorious is his face !
How kind his smiles appear!
And O what melting words he says
To every humble ear •
5
' For you, the children of my love,
' It was for you I dy'd,
' Behold my hands, behold my feet,
' And look into my side.
6
'These are the wounds for you I bore,
' The tokens of my pains,
1 When 1 came down to free your souls
' From misery and chains.
' Justice unsheath'd its fiery sword,
' And plung'd it in my heart:
' Infinite pangs for you 1 bore,
' And most tormenting smart.
8
' When hell and all its spiteful powers
' Stood dreadful in my way,
' To rescue those dear lives of yours
' I gave mv own away.
9
' But while 1 bled and groan'd and dy'd,
' I ruin'd Satan's throne,
' High on my cross I hung, and spy'd
' The monster tumbling down.
10
' Now you must triumph at my feast,
' And taste my flesh, my blood j
' And live eternal ages blest,
' For 'tis immortal food.
11
Victorious God! what can we pay
For favour so divine'
We would devote our hearts away
To be for ever thine.]
12
We give thee, Lord, our highest praise,
The tribute of our tongues;
But themes so infinite as these
Lxceed our noblest songs.
J 5 1 , 5 ."> 5
THE LORD's SUPPER
(Hymn ::. i. . i .. m
The Compassion of a dying Christ.
Ol K ip re the Lamb;
o thai our feeble itp> could move
In -trains imi name,
And n
r equal pit) foun 1
The pi is his breath,
his life out on the ground
J q ransom guilty worms from death.
[Rebels, we broke iws;
• >m the threatening id oi lr< e,
Bore the full vengeance on In* 1 1
And luii'd the curses to the
i
I he law proclaims no terror now,
Anil Sinai's thunder roars no more;
From .ill ail wounds new blessings (low,
A sea ot joy without a shore.
Here we have wadi'd our deepest stains
And heal 'dour wounds with heavenly blood:
■ mum! springing from Ihe veins
•ur incarnate God. ]
In vain our mortal \
w so divine;
I la. i we a thousand lives t
A tho vuld all be thine.
^4.
(Hymn 23. B.J. CM.)
Cm- ? the Death of Christ.
f"Cl (TING around our father's board
L O \s e raise eath ;
Our taith beholds hei dying Lord,
And dooms our sins to death, j
shed,
nee ad <ivir pardon;
.er views th" atonement made,
nee.
9
Thy eruel thorns i] cross
-.. m ;
Our healing from ll
I
!e that we
[well in feeble
Should equal sufferings hear for thee,
Or equal thanks r< |
53b'. H'ori.vpSI, Foster \)6.
op ji B.3. cm.)
// and Strength from Christ.
F\ 1 ill K, we wait to feel thy grace,
ie thy glories shine;
rhe Lord va table bless,
And make the feast divine.
'2
We touch, we t.^ie the heavenly bread,
\\ e dunk, the sacred < up;
Willi outward forms our seiise is fed,
Our souls rejoice in hope.
3
We (hall appear before the throne
I ..id,
ton,
And sprinkled with his blood.
4
We shall be Strong to run the race,
And climb the upp .
chn>i will provide our souls with grace,
lie bought a large supply.
j
! >'t us indulge a cheerful frame
We love the memory of his name
More than the wine we taste. j
557. Bedford 91, Bath Chapel 2d.
(Hymn '25. B.J. C M.)
Divine Glories and our Graces.
H'iories here displayed,
Great God, how bright th
While at thy word we break the bread,
Ana pour the tlowing wine!
2
Here thy revenging justice stands
And pleads its dreadful cause;
Here saving nien > spreads her hands
Like Jesus on the < ross,
1 hy saints attend with every grace
On this great sacrifi
heerful face,
Ami faith wuh li\ :d
4
Our hope in waiting posture sits,
To heaven directs her sight ;
Here every warmer passion meets,
.\nd waunei powers unite.
5
i m their part,
Ami using tin destroy;
Repentance comes with aching heart,
Yei not forbids the joy.
6
. < bange our faith to sight,
Let sin for evt
all our souls be all delight,
Ana e\ei\ tear be dry.
O 3
558, 559
560, 561
SOLOMOXs SONG.
558. Marts 65, Leeds 19.
(Hymn 66. B. I. L.M.)
Christ the Kim at his Table. Sol. Song
i. '2—5, 12, 13, 17.
LET him embrace my soul, and prove
Mine interest in his heavenly love :
The voice that tells me. Thou art mine,
Exceeds the blessings of the vine.
2
On thee th' anointing Spirit came,
And spread the savour of thy name ;
That oil of gladness and of grace
Draws virgin souls to meet thv face.
3
Jesus, allure me by thy charms,
My soul shall fly into thine arms:
Our wandering feet thy favour* bring
To the fair chambers of the king.
4
[Wonder and pleasure tunes our voice
To speak thy praises, and our joys:
Our memory keeps this love of thine
Beyond the taste of richest wine.]
5
Tho' in ourselves deform'd we are,
And olack as Kedar tent appear,
Yet when we put thy beauties on,
Fair as the courts of Solomon.
6
[Whiie at his table sits the King,
He loves to see us smile and sing;
Our graces are our best perfume,
A nd breathe like spikenard round the room. "
7
As myrrh new-bleeding from the tree,
Such is a dying Christ to me;
And while'he makes my soul his guest,
My bosom, Lord, shall be thv rest.
8
[No beams of cedar or of fir
Cap. with thy courts on earth compare ;
And here we wait until thy love
Raise us to nobler seats above.
559- Vew Court 173, Bredhy 165.
(Hymn 67. B.l. L.M.)
Seeking the Pastures of Christ the Shepherd,
Sol. Song. i. 7.
THOU whom my soul admires above
All earthly joy, and earthly love,
Tell me, dear Shepherd, let me know,
Where doth thy sweetest pasture grow?
2
Where is the shadow of that rock,
That from the sun defends thy flock ?
Fain would 1 feed among thy sheep,
Among them rest, among tl>em sleep.
Why should thy bride appear like one
Tnat turns aside to paths unknown?
My constant feci would never rove,
Would never seek another love.
The footsteps of thy flock 1 see ;
Thy sweetest pastures here they be;
A wonderous feast thy love prepares,
Bought with thy wounds, and groans, and
5 [tears.
His dearest flesh he makes my food,
:ne drink his richest' blood;
Heie to these hills my soul will come,
Till my beloved lead me home.]
560- Martins Lane 61, Neuxourt 173.
(Hymn 68. B.l. L.M.)
The Banquet of Love, Sol. Songii. 1 — 4, 6, 7.
BEHOLD the Rose of Sharon here,
The Lily which the vallies bear;
Behold the free of Life, that gives
Refreshing fruit and healing leaves.
2
Amongst the thorns so lilies shine ;
Amongst wild gourds the noble vine;
So in mine eyes my Saviour proves
Amidst a thousand meaner loves.
3
Beneath his cooling shade I sat
To shield me from the burning heat;
Of heavenly fruit he spreads a feast
To feed my eyes and please my taste.
4
[Kindly he brought me to the place
V. here stands the banquet of his grace,
He saw me faint, and o:er my head
The banner of his love he spread.
5
With living bread and generous wine
He cheers this linking heart of mine ;
And opening his own heart to me,
He shews his thoughts, how kind they be.]
6
0 never let my Lord depart,
Lie down and rest upon my heart ;
1 charge ray sins not once to move,
Nor st:r, nor wake, nor grieve my love.
561- Kimbolton 25 1 , Bromley 104.
; Hymn 69. B.l. L.M.)
Christ appearing to his Church, and ueking
her' Company, Sol. Song ii. 1 — 13.
THE voice of my beloved sounds
Over the rocks and rising grounds,
O'er hills of guilt and seas of grief,
He leaps, he flies to my relief.
2
Now thro' the veil of flesh I see
\\ ith eyes of love he looks at me ;
Now in the gospel's clearest glass
He shews the beauties of his face.
3
Gently he draws my heart along
Both with his beauties and his tongue ;
' Rise, (saith my Lord) make haste away;
' No mortal joys are worth thy stay.
562, sa
SOLOMON'S SONG.
5G1, 565
-one,
its on,
K«\!ul \iar.
fruit:'
Our soul- vine.
iyp
Our hear;, wnuM i.un out-fly the wind,
And lea . ehtnd.
M70. B.I. 1
Chri>: ::/ring
the hr. Son j» II. I V. 1".
[T T AK.K. the Redeemer from on high
il 5 tes his favourites nigh,
I nM.i I of doubt,
He gen a out:
roke,
4 Lift up thy face, lorget thj
uc-ligru mine ear.
* Thy voice to me sounds ever sweet ;
ates in tny countenance meet;
:!ie vain wor,
right and comely in mine eyes.'
1
V thankful heart receive*
The hope thin . ves:
.; our joyful lips shall raise
The voice of prayer, and of praise.]
' 1 i:n my love's, and he is mine ;
Our hearts, our hopes, - join:
:ion, nor a m
Nor thought arise to grieve mv Lord.
I turesfair he ,
•: the lilies wheie he feeds;
Amount re white
in no blood) is his delight.
Till the day break, and shadows flee,
Till ihe sweet dawning light 1 see,
I turn.
Nor let my soul in darkness mourn.
8
a hart on mountains green,
Leap oVr the hiiis of fear a:
My love, my saviour from my side.]
I 122.
(Hymn 71. B 1. I
Christ fouMd/m the Street, and brought to tki
Church, sol. Song in I — *).
O. my Lord by
Jesus, my love, rm soul's
With warm desire <nd u--ue»s tl>
1 seek haul oft, bat and him out.
h the street,
Till I u
1 .i-k i!k: watchmen of the n
mj soul's delight?'
Sometimei 1 find him in mj
Directed ru> ;
1 leap !«•:
I bin fast in mine en
4
1 bring him to ir.y mother's
- m> 1 ord refuse to
My >oul first drew the vital air.
lb ere his bleeding heart,
nartj
to him, and diere
tK.r lo\e3 their mutual tokens share.]
6
I charge you all, ye earthly
i not to disturb mj
. nor hell come neai my heart,
Nor v_au3e my saviour to depart.
Derby 169. Redempt-
(Hymn 72. B. 1. I. M.
The Coro: Is of tie
-
D'n, come, behold
The crown of honour and i
j g!a ! church with joy, unknown
n the head of solomon.
o
Jesus, thou everlasting King,
te tribute which we bring,
ie well-deserv*d res
as thj crown.
Let every act of worsnip be
:d, to thee;
Like die dear hour when from above
We first receiv'd thy pledge i
4
The gladness of that happy
:• would wish 11
Nor let our faith forsake its I
Nor comfort sink, nor love grow c
F.ich following minute as it flies,
Increase thy prui>e, improve our joys,
nil we I nj thy name
At the great supper ot ihe lamb.
0 that the months would roll aM-ay,
I !ii"n-day •
1 he km.; of gra throne
\\ ith all his 1 athei's glories on.
DO 7 5 B. I. I
The C hur. he* Beauty in the Eye* of Christ,
Sol. -
KIND i- the >peech ol Christ our Lord,
Affection sounds in every word,
• Lo, thou art tair, my love,' he cries,
• Not the young doves ha\c jwecter eyes.
566
SOLOMON's SONG.
567, 568
[c Sweet are thy lips, thy pleasing voice
• Salute- mine car with secret joys,
' No spice so much delights the smell,
' Nor milk nor honev taste so well.]
3
' Thou art all fair, my bride, to me,
' 1 will behold no spot in thee.'
V. hat mighty wonders love performs,
And puts a comeliness on worms!
4
Defil'd and loathsome as we are,
Ha makes us white, and calls us fair;
Adorns us with that heavenly dress,
His graces, and his righteousness.
5
' My sister and my spouse,' he cries,
' bound to my heart by various ties,
'Thy powerful love my heart detains
' In strong delight and pleading chains.'
6
He calls me from the leopard's den,
From this wild world of beasts and men,
To Sion where his glories are ;
Not Lebanon is half so fair.
7
Nor dens of prey, nor flowery plains,
Nor earthly joys, nor earthly pains
Shall hold my feet, or force my stay,
When Christ invites my soul away.'
566- Kimbolton 251, Martins 67.
(Hymn 74. B.l. L.M.)
The Church the Garden of Christ, Sol. Song
iv. 12, 14, 15. ands. 1.
WE are a garden wall'd around,
Chosen and made peculiar ground ;
A little spot inclos'd by grace
Out of the world's wide wilderness.
2
I ike trees of myrrh and spice we stand
Planted by God the Father's hand;
And all his springs in Sion How
To make the young plantation grow.
3
Awake, O heavenly wind, and come,
Elow on this garden of perfume;
Spirit divine, descend and breathe
A gracious gale on plants beneath.
4
Make our best spices flow abroad
To entei tain our Sa\ iour God :
And faith, and love, and joy appear,
And every grace be active heie.
5
[Let my beloved come, and taste
His pleasant fruits at h:s own feast:
' I come, my spouse, 1 come,' he cries,
With lo\e and pleasure in his eyes.
6
Our Lord into his garden comes,
Well pleas'd to smell our poor perfumes,
And calls us to a feast divine,
Sweeter than honev. milk, or wine.
7
' Fat of the tree of life, my friends.
'The blessings that my I aiher sends;
' You* taste shall all my dainties prove,
'And drink abundance of my love.'
Jesus, we will frequent thy board,
And sing the bounties of our Lord :
But the rich food on which we live
Demands morepraise than tongues can give.]
567- Xezccourt 173, Maris 65.
[Hymn 75. B. 1. L. M.)
The Description of Christ the Beloved,
Sol. Song v. 9, 10, 1 1, 12, 14, 15, 16.
THE wondering world enquires to know
Why 1 should love my |esus so :
' v\ hat are his charms,' say they, ' above
' The objects of a mortal lore?'
2
Yes, my beloved, to my sight,
Shews a sweet mixture, red and white :
All human beauties, all divine
In my beloved meet and shine.
3
White is his soul, from blemish free ;
Red with the blood he shed for me;
The fairest of ten thousand fairs:
A sun amongst ten thousand stars.
4
[His head the finest gold excels,
There wisdom in perfection dwells ;
And glory like a crown adorns
Those temples once beset with thorns.
5
Compassions in his heart are found,
Hard by the signals of his wound ;
His sacred side no more shall bear
The cruel scourge, the piercing spear.]
6
[His hands are fairer to behold
Than diamonds set in rings of gold ;
Those heavenly hands that on the tree
Y\ ere nail d, and torn, and bled for me.
7
Tho' once he bow'd his feeble knees,
Loaded with sins and agonies,
Now on the throne of his command
His legs like marble pillars stand.]
8
[His eyes are majesty and love,
The eagle temper'd with the dove:
No more shall trickling sorrows roil
Thro' those dear windows of his soul.
9
His mouth that pour'd out long complaints,
Now smiles, and cheers his fainting saints :
His countenance more graceful is
Than Lebanon with all its trees.]
1<)
All over glorious is my Lord,
Must be belov'd. and yet ador'd :
His worth if all the nations knew,
Sure the whole earth wouid love him too.
568- Mar J ins Si, Bredby 165.
(Hymn 76. B. I. L. M.)
Christ dwells in Heaven, but visits on Earth,
Sol. Seng vi. 1, 2, 3, 12.
WHEN strangers stand and hear me tell
What beauties in my Saviour dwell ;
Where he is gone, they fain would know,
That they may seek and love hun loo.
569
TIMES AND SEASONS.
"0. j7
l his throne
On luiu of lii{ht, in worlds unknown ;
But he de
In the voung gardens of his grace.
fin vine by his hand,
\N here fruitful tiee> in order stand ;
When lilies show their spotless head-.
4
■UgrOM'd m\ warmest love,
!il\ charm- niv soul cm move:
I have 3 mansion in his hurt,
Not death nor Ik-II shall make us part.]
1 1 m\ KWl e'er I'm aware,
:\nd showi me where his glor.
iol ot \mminadi!>
I he heavenly rapture can describe.
6
0 mav my spirit riailv rise
tin wing! "! lanli above the skies,
Tin death shall make my last remove
1 tor ever with my love.]
• aTT, B. 1. 1. M.
• of ( hr i st to the Church, in
g u.ift t« her, and Provisions for her; Sol.
mi. I, & 9, 19, 13,
n the galleries of his grace
1 N Iwaean the king, and thus he says,
1 How tair my >aints are in my light!
' My love how pleasant for delight'.'
Kind is thy language, Sovereign Lord,
I here's heavenly grace ha every word:
From (hat dear mouth a stream divine
Hows sweeter than the choicest wine.
vonderous love awakes the lip
Ot -aims that were almost asleep,
1 o sx-ak die praises ot thy name.
And makes our cold affections Mame.
4
These are the joys he lets us know
In fields and villages '
But keep* his noblest feast above.
:■ — within the
iei entertainment waits ;
Frnitl new and oM laid up in store,
U here we shall teed, but tlurst no more.
jTO- Uherston 179, UagJaU>u2\-\.
(Hymn 78. B. 1. L. M.)
I '!h af Chris's Love, and the Soi/f's
Jtalousy of tier own i Sd. Song viii. 5, 6,
7, IJ. 11.
\ \7II(> is ,ms fair onc in distress,
[_ > V That travel- from the wilderness?
And pressed With sorrows and with sins,
On her beloved Lord she leans.
2
This is the spouse of Christ our God,
Bougtll with the treasure of his blOO i :
And her request and her complaint
U but the voice of everv saint.]
3
• O let my name engraven stand,
' Both on thy heart and on thy hand:
' Seal me upon thine arm; and wear
' That pledge of love for ever there.
4
' Stronger than death thy love is known,
' v\ Inch floods of wratli could never drown;
Itell and earth in vain combine
' To quench a tire so much divide.
' But I am jealous of my heart,
rom thee depart ;
i thy name be well imprest
'Asa fair signet on m> breast.
6
' Till thou hast brought me to thy home,
reals and doubts, an never come,
• I intenance let me often see,
• And often thou shall hear from me.
' Come, my beloved, haste away,
of thy delay,
1 ri) like a youthful hart or roe
• Over the hills where spices grow.'
TIMES AM) SEASONS.
MORNING AND EVENING.
571, Ailie Street 241, Portugal 97.
I n TV. B. 1. I
Psalm \i\. . -
GOD of the morning, at whose voice
I he cheerful sun makes haste to rise,
And like a giant doth rejoice
To run his journey thro' the ikies ;
Fiom the fair chaml>ers of the east
I lie > in nit of li -
And, without weair
Round the whole ••a.th he (ties and shines:
0 like the sun may I fulfil
1 h' appointed duties of th<-
With ready mind and active will
March M aud keep m> heavenly way.
572, 573
TIMES AND SEASONS.
574, 575. 57G
[But I shall rove and lose the race,
If God my sun should disappear.
And leave me in this world's wild maze
To follow every wandering star.
5
Lord, thy commands are clean and pure,
Enlightening our beclouded eyes,
Thy threatening* ■ just, thy promise sure,
lliy gospel makes the simple wise.]
6
Give me thy counsels for my guide,
And then receive me to thy bits;
All my desires and hopes beside
Are faint and cold compared with this.
572- Bedford 91, Hammond 226, New
York 33.
(Hymn 6. B. 2. CM.)
A Morning Song.
ONCE more, my soul, the rising day
Salutes thy waking eyes.
Once more, my voice, thy tribute pay
To him that rolls tiie skies.
2
Night unto night his name repeats,
The day renews the sound,
Wide as the heaven on which he sits
To turn the seasons round.
3
Tis he supports my mortal frame,
My tongue shall speak his piaise;
My si, is would rouse his wrath to flame,
And vet his wrath delavs.
4
[On a poor worm thy power might tread,
And I could ne'er withstand ;
Thy justice might have crush'd me dead,
But mercy held thine hand.
5
A thousand wretched souls are fled
Since the last setting sun,
And ;.tt thou length'nest out my thread,
And vet mv moments run.]
6
Dear God. let all my hours be thine
W hilst 1 enjoy the' light,
Then shall my sun in smiles decline,
And bring a pleasing night.
572. Portugal97, Rippon's 188,
MagdaleMe 214.
(Psalm 3. 1—5.8. L. M.)
A Morning Psalm.
OLORD, how many are my foes,
In this weak state of flesh and blood!
My peace they daily discompose,
But mv defence and hope is God.
2
Tir'd with the burdens of the day,
To thee 1 rais'd an evening cry ;
Thou heard'st when 1 began to pray,
And thine Almightv help was nigh.
'3
Supported by thine heavenly aid,
I laid me down, and slept secure;
Not death should make my heart afraid,
Tho' 1 should wake and rise no more.
But God sustain'd me all the night;
Salvation doth to God belong ;
lie rais'd my head to see the light,
And make his praise my morning song.
574- Kimbolton 2)1 , Nra-court 173,
Nevl Sabbath 122.
(Hymn 81. B. 1. L. M.)
A Song for Morning or Evening,
Lam. iil.5*J. Isa. xlv. 7.
MY God, how endless is thy love!
Thy gifts are every evening new,
And morning mercies from above
Gently distil like early dew.
2
Thou spread'st the curtains of the night,
Great guardian of my sleeping hours;
Thy sovereign word restores the light,
And quickens all my drowsy powers.
3
I yield my powers to thy command,
To thee 1 consecrate my days;
Perpetual blessings from thine hand
Demand perpetual songs of praise.
575- Magdalene 2\±, Hotham 224,
Portugal H7.
(Psaim 141. ver. 2— o. L. M.)
Watchfulness and brotherly Reproof.
A Morning or Evening Psalm.
MY God. accept my early vow;,
Like morning-m'cense in thine house,
And let my nightly worship rise
Sweet as the evening sacrifice.
o
Watch o'er my lips, and guard them, Lord,
From every ra-h and heedless word ;
Nor let my feet incline to tread
The gu:ltv path where sinners lead.
.',
O may the righteous, when I stray,
Smite, arid reprove my wandering way!
Their gentle words, like ointment shed,
Shall never bruise, but cheer my head.
4
When 1 behold them prest with grief,
I'll cry to heaven for their relief;
And by my warm petitions prove
How much I prize their faithful love.
576- James's 163, Sprague 166,
Bedford 91.
(Hymn 8. B. 2. CM.)
An Hymn for Morning or Evening.
HOSANNA, with a cheerful sound,
To God's upholding hand,
Ten thousand snares attend us round,
And \ct secure we stand.
2
That was a most amazing power
'1 1, at rais'd us with a word,
And every day and every hour
We lean upon the Lord.
The evening rests our weary head,
And angels guard the room ;
We wake and we admire the bed
That was not made our tomb.
MORNING AND EVENING. 579,580,581
The rising mnrnins can't .1 -mre
nxe <<ur lire ..
1 .th ii forfeit* 1 i>v tin
\\ c owa thy gra King,
In n
377- -/.:.'/... •.. 214. 8 tkux
(Hymn 80. B. 1. L. M.)
•i iv. 8, and i liii. 8.
Th ted me on,
■ ei proionfi in.
And every evening wiall make known
•>ii memorial of hii grace.
Much of my time has run t.«
And I peihap> am near my home ;
Bui he past,
' liegr.. come.
3
Their watchful stations round in) bed.
I
] In \aii .th and hell
■
[ Faith in his name forbids my fear :
ne'er depart !
And in ■ me hear
The love and kind pea of thy heart.
6
Thus when the night of death shall come,
-ii shall rest iK?:u-atn the c.
And «
With ^«i salvation in the souc
Amis 58.
(Hymn 7. I
An E\
["p\Rf M) S01 r. ign, Id myereninf tosg
ol my tongue
ikies.
U to drive m ■
lliy men 1 stood pn
Perpetual bh ove
ind.
But On aww : ■ love
Hath b und:
What have I done for him that dy'd
1 soul '
minutes roll'
th this guilty heart of mine
eaign
renew 1 h\ thee.
Sprinkled afresh with pardoning blood
1 lay me down to I
As in 1I1' embraces of my G
Or on my saviour's breast.
Both Chapels . I 116.
M.)
. riing P,alm.
LORD, thou wilt hear me when I pray;
1 am for ever thine:
. ie thee all the day,
.Nor would 1 dare to tin.
Ie I i •■■•: mj weary head
. cares and bu 1
. bed
With iny own heart and tiiee.
I pa] Umeveniag taertfice;
k 1^ done,
kith and ho|>e relies
■ne.
\
Thus with my thoughts compos'd to peace,
a to sleep;
Thy hand in safety kr
And will my slumbers keep.
arr« '25.
I Part. CM.)
f God innumerable.
atng Psalm.
LD, when 1 count thy mercies o'er,
me with sin ■
the sanns tliat spread ihe shore
|uai numbers nse.
wah fear and wearier stands.
The p skill,
And houi m thy hands
Thj thoughts ot love reveal.
3
right 1 keep;
var to me.'
he hour that en
1 my thoughts with thee.
Bangor 231,
Mid red.
"THvS AS IB the watches of the night
X 1 thought upoi
582
TIMES AND SEASONS.
583, 584
My flesh lay resting on my bed,
My soul arose on high ;
* My God. my life, my hope,' 1 said,
* Bring thy salvation nigh.'
3
My spirit labours up thine hill,
And climbs the heavenly road ;
But thy right hand upholds me still,
1 pursue my God.
4
Thy mercy stretches o'er my head
The shadow of thy wings ;
My heart rejoices in thine aid,
My tongue awake? and sings.
5
But the destroyers of my peace
Shall fret and rage in vain;
The tempter shall for ever cease,
And all my sins be »iain.
6
Thy sword shall give my foes to death,
And send them down to dwell
In the dark caverns of the earth,
Or to the deeps of heil.
THE SEASONS OF THE YEAR.
582- Milboum Port 183, Stamford 9,
Elim 151.
(Psalm 65. 3d Par;. CM.)
The Blessings of the Spring ; or, God gives
Bam.
A Psalm for the Husbandman.
GOOD is the Lord, the heavenly king,
Who makes the earth his care,
Visits the pastures every spring,
And bids the grass appear.
2
The clouds, like rivers rais'd on high,
Pour out, at thy command,
Their watery blessings from the sky,
To cheer the thirsty land.
3
The soften'd ridces of the field
Pei mil the coin to spring ;
The vallies rich provision yield,
And the poor labourers sing.
4
The little hills on every side
Rejoice at falling showers;
The meadows, diest in all their pride,
Perfume the air with flowers.
The barren clod-, refreh'd with rain.
Promise a joyful crop;
The parching grounds look green again,
And raise the reaper's hoj*.
(i
The various months thy goodness crowns ;
How bounteous are thy ways'
The bleating flocks spread o'er the downs,
And shepherds shout thy praise.
5^3- Miles's Lane 32, Foster 96.
(P.alm 65. 2d Part. CM.)
The Providence of God in Air. Earth, and
Sea; or, the Bussing of Rain.
»r I ""IS by thy strength the mountains stand,
JL God of eternal power ;
The sea grows calm at thy command,
And tempests cease to roar.
2
Thy morning light and evening shade
m forts bring;
Thy plenteous fruits make harvest glad,
Thy flowers adorn the spring.
3
Seasons and times, and moons and hours,
:n, earth, and air are thine;
\\ lien clouds distil in fruitful showers,
The author is divine.
4
Tho^e wandering cisterns in the sky,
Borne by the winds arouna,
With watery treasures well supply
The furrows of the ground.
The thirsty ridges drink their fill,
And ranks of corn appear ;
Thy ways abound with blessings still,
Thy goodness crowns the year.
584- Marks 65, Gloucester 12, Wells 102.
(Psalm 147. 2d Part. L.M.)
Summer and Winter.
A Song for Great Britain.
O BRITAIN, praise thy mighty God,
And make his honours known abroad
He bid the ocean round thee flow;
Not bars of brass could guard thee so.
Thy children are secure and blest ;
Thy shores have peace, thy cities rest ;
He feeds thy sens w ith finest wheat,
And adds his blessing to their meat.
Thy changing seasons he ordains,
Thine early and thy later rain: :
tes of snow like wool he sends,
And thus the springing corn defends.
4
With hoary frost he strews the ground ;
His hail descends with clattering sound :
\\ here is the man so vainly bold
That dares defy his dreadful cold t
He bids the southern breezes blov..
The ice dissolves, the wateis flow:
But he hath nobler works and ways
Jo cail ti.e Britons to his praise.
6
To all the I>le his laws are shown,
His gospel thro' the nation known;
He hath not thus reveal'd his word
To every land : Praise ye the Loro.
585, 5»6
YOUTH AM) OLD AGE.
587, 588
585. StoKghttm 964, Milhvim rort 183,
Crt.it Mile u '.'I.'.
(Psalm 117. 7-", 13 — 18. CM.)
The Seasons of the Year.
WITH sonasaad honours sounding loud
Address the Lord on high:
Over tin* huavenj he spreads his cloud,
And wateis veil the sky.
He sends his showers of blessing down
I 'o cheei the plains below;
He nukes the grass the mountaioi crown,
And corn in \ allies grow.
3
He gives the grazing Of. his mejt,
He bean the ravens en ,
But man, who tastes his finest wlieat,
Should raise his honours high.
4
; |j counsels change the face
Of the declining year,
He bids the sun cut short his race,
And wintery da>s appear.
5
His hoary frost, his fleecy snow
Descend and clothe the ground;
'J be liquid streams forbear to flow,
la icy fetters bound.
6
When from his dreadful stores on high
He pours the rattling hail,
tch that dares this God defy
Shall find his courage fail.
He semis his word and melts the snow,
The fields no longer mourn ;
He calls the wanner gates to blow,
And bids the spring return.
B
The changing wind, the flying cloud,
Obey his mighty word:'
\\ ith songs and honours sounding loud,
l'raise ye the sovereign Lord.
586- Old Hundred 100, IVareham 117,
Wells 108.
(Psalm '.'9. L. M.)
Storm and Thunder.
C> IVV to the Lord, ye sons of fame,
J Give to th? Lord renown and power,
Ascribe due honours to his name,
And his eternal might adoie.
The Lord proclaims his power aloud
Over the ocean and the land ;
His voice divides the watery cloud,
And lightnings bla/.e at his command.
3
He speaks, and tempest, hail, and wind,
Lay the wide forest bare around ;
The fearful hart, and frighted hind,
Leap at the terror of the sound.
•1
To Lebanon he turns his voice,
And lo, the stately cedars break ;
The mountains tremble at the noise,
The valltesroar, the deserts quake.
i lie Lord sits sovereign on the flood,
The thunderei king.
But makes his church his hle-l abode,
w here we his awful gloria sing.
fj
In gentler language there, the Lord
The counsel ol his ( rat e imparts:
Amidst the raging storm his word
Speaks peace and courage to our hearts.
j 87- Canterbury 199, Loudon 180.
(Hymn 62. B.2. cm.)
God the. Thunderer ; or, the last Judgment,
and J hi/.
f M.nU in a treat sudden Storm of Thunder,
Aug. 20th, W1J
SING to the Lord, ye heavenly hosts,
And thou, 0 earth, ad< re,
Let death and hell thro' all their coast!
Stand trembling at his power.
2
His sounding chariot shakes the sky,
He makes the clouds his throne,
There all his stores of lightning lie,
Till vengeance dart them down.
3
His nostrils breathe out fiery streams,
And from his awful tongue
A sovereign voice divides the flames,
And thunder roars along.
1
Think, O my soul, the dreadful day
\\ hen this incensed God
Shall rend the -ky, and burn the sea,
Ami fling his wrath abroad.
5
What shall the wretch the sinner do'
He once defj 'd the Lord;
But he shall dread the thunderer novr,
And sink beneath his word.
6
Tempests of angry fire shall roll
To blast the rebel-worm,
And beat upon his naked soul
In one eternal storm.
YOUTH AND OLD AGE.
588- Old Hundred 100, Wareham 117.
(Ps. 8. v. 1,2. Paraphrased. 1st Pt. L. M.)
The Hosanna of the Children ; or, Infants
praidng God.
A I MIGHTY Ruler of the skies.
Thro' the wide earth thy name is spread,
And thine eternal glories rise
O'er all the heavens thy hands have made.
To thee the voices of the young
A monument of honour raise ;
And babes, with nninstructed tongue,
Declare the wonders of thv pi
P
589, 590
TIMES AND SEASONS.
591,592
Thy power assists their tender age
To bring proud rebels to the ground,
To still the bold blasphemer's rage,
And all their policies confound.
4
Children amidst thy temple throng
To see their great Redeemer's face ;
The Son of David is their song,
And young hosannas fill the place.
5
The frowning scribes and angry priests
In vain their impious cavils bring ;
Revenge sits silent in their breasts,
While Jewish babes proclaim their king.
589- Green's Hundred %% Pauls 246,
U her st on 179.
(Psalm 34. ver. 11—22. 2d Part. L.M.)
Religious Education; or, Instructions of Piety.
CHILDREN in years and knowledge
young,
Your parents' hope, your parents' joy,
Attend the counsels of my tongue,
Let pious thoughts vour minds employ.
2
If you desire a length of days,
And peace to crown your mortal state,
Restrain your feet from impious ways,
Your lips from slander and deceit.
3
The eyes of God regard his saints,
His ears are open to their cries ;
He sets his frowning face against
The sons of violence and lit >.
4
To humble souls and broken hearts
God with his grace is ever nigh;
Pardon and hope his love imparts
v\ hen men in deep contrition lie.
He tells their tears, he counts their groans,
His Sen redeems their souls from death;
His Spa it heals their broken bones,
n his praise employ their breath.
590- Worksop 31, Bath Chapel 26,
J anus's 163.
(Psalm 31. ver. 11—22. 2d Part. C.M.)
Exhortations to Peace and Holiness.
COME, children, learn to fear the Lord ;
And that )our days be long,
Lot not a false or spiteful word
Be found upon your tongue.
2
Depart from mischief, practise love,
Pursue the works of peace ;
So shall the Lord your ways approve,
And set your souls at ease.
3
His eyes awake to guard the just,
His ears attend their cry ;
When broken spirits dwell in dust,
The God of grace is nigh.
4
What tho' the sorrows here they taste
Are sharp and tedious too,
The Lord, who saves them all at last,
Js their supporter; now.
Evil shall smite the wicked dead;
But God secures his own,
Prevents the mischief when they slide,
Or heals the broken bone.
6
When desolation like a flood
O'er the proud sinner rolls,
Saints find a refuge in their God,
Tor he redeem'd their souls.
* 9 1- Chard 175, Portugal 8f7.
(Hymn 23. B. 1. 2d Part. L.M.)
A hopeful Youth fulling short of Heaven,
Maikx. 21.
MUST all the charms of nature then
So hopeless to salvation prove >
Can hell demand, can heaven condemn
The man whom Jesus deigns to love? —
2
The man who sought the ways of truth,
Paid friends and neighbours all their due,
(A modest, sober, lovely youth)
And thought he wanted nothing now.
3
But mark the change! thus spake the Lord,
' Come part with earth for heaven to-day ;'
The youth, astonish'd at the word,
In silent sadness went his way.
4
Poor virtues that he boasted so,
This test unable to endure;
Let Christ, and grace, and glory go
To make his land and money sure!
5
Ah foolish choice of treasures here!
Ah fatal love of tempting gold!
Must this base woild be bought so dear?
Are life and heaven so cheaply sold?
6'
In vain the charms of nature shine,
If this vile passion govern me:
Transform m> soul, O love divine,
And make me part with all for thee.
." 92- Angels Hymn 60, Babylon Streams 23.
(Hymn 91. B. 1. L. M.)
Advice to Youth; or, old Age and Death in an
unconverted State, Eccl. xii. 1,7. Isa. lxv.^0.
NOW in the heat of youdiful blood
Remember your Creator God,
Behold, the months come hastening on
\\ hen you shall say, My joys are gone.
' 2
Behold the aged sinner goes
Laden with guilt and heavy woes
Down to the regions of the dead,
V\ ith endless curses on his head.
3
The dust returns to dust again,
The soul in agonies of pain
Ascends to God, not ihere to dwell,
But hears her doom, and sinks to hell.
4
Eternal King, I fear thy name,
Teach me to know how frail 1 am;
And when my soul must hence remove,
Give me a mansion in thy lo\c.
S93, 594,
YOITI1 AM) OLD AGE.
596, 597
(Hymn B9. B. I. 1
xl 9.
Y..m, \.nn and
,ongue,
J
the pleasure! you di
id wine,
Enjoy the di] of mirth; bui know
.
■m on high behold your thi I
•.uilts;
The works of darkness you have done
Ma3t all appear before the sun.
-
The vengeance to your follies due
Should strike your hearts with teiror thro':
fore ins hoe,
Or answer for his injur'd grace'
5
Almighty God, turn off their eyes
t alluring vanities;
And let the thunder or thj i
A rikt their souls to fear the Lord.
nth 2S, Bright-
kebmst .
nn90. B. I. CM.)
The
LO the young tnlK-s of Adam rise,
And thro' all Datura
Fulfil
i ta~te the joys they love.
They give a loose to wild d<
But let the sinners know
The strut account that God requires
Of all the works they do.
3
The judge prepares his throne on high,
The frighted earth and seas
the run ot his eye,
And flee before his nee.
\
ill I hear that dreadful day,
And -land the fiery test;
ill mortal joyi away
To be for ever blest.
(Ps. 90. i. S, 11,9, 10, 12. M Part. CM.)
t'Sin; or,
: ,il Jar Death.
LORD, if thine eyes survey our faults,
And ills'., . e .
Thy dreadful wrath exceeds our thoughts,
I burns beyoni oui ft
Thine anger turns our frame to d
By one offence to thee
l with all his s<u<., have
Their immcruhu.
. a vaifl amusement I
IJ\ iwifl
long.
\
■ i\s amount
re ;iar- and ten ;
And all b tl ort account
:, and pain.
[Our vitals with laborious strife
Bear up the crazj .
And drag those poor remains of life
the tiresome road.]
6
Almighty God, reveal thy love,
And not thy wrath alone;
O let our sweet experience prove
The mercies ot thv throne!
7
Our souls would learn the heavenly ait
I' improve the hours we have,
That we may act the wiser part,
And live beyond the
596- Bangor 231, Brighthelmstone 208.
'.Psalm 71. ver. 5— 9. 1st Part. CM.)
The aged faint's Refection and Hope.
MY God, my eveilasting hope,
1 live upon thy truth;
II y hands have held m> childhood up,
And stiengthen'd all iny youth.
My flesh was fashion'd by thy power,
\Siih all these limbs ot mine;
And from my mother's painful hour
I've been entirely thine.
Still has my life new wonders seen
Repeated every \ear ;
Behold my da\s that ;et remain,
1 trust them to thy care.
4
Cast me not off when strength decline-;,
\\ hen hoary hairs arise ;
And round me let thy glory shine
Whene'er thy servant dies.
Then in the history of my age,
When men review n,
They'll read thy love in even paqe,
In every hue thy p, .
j 97- Bangor 231, Crm-'e 3.
(Psalm 71. v-r. 1 T — *J I . >i Tart. CM.)
The agtd Christian's Prayer and long ; or,
oU Age, Death, aa tun*.
C"< OD of my childhood and my ynuth,
T i
1 have declar'd thy heaven.) truth,
■id thy wonderooj a
Wilt thou forsake my hoary
And leave my fainting '.-
sustain raj si iking ;ears
If God my strength d
1' |
698
TIMES AND SEASONS.
599, 600
Let me thy power and truth proclaim
To the surviving age,
.And leave a savour of thy name
When I shall quit the stage.
4
The land of silence and of death
Attends my next remove ;
O may these poor remains of breath
Teach the wide world thy love!
Froom 255. PAUSE. Salem 139.
Thy righteousness is deep and high,
Unsearchable thy deeds;
Thy glory spreads beyond the sky,
And all my praise exceeds.
6
Oft have I heard thy threatenings roar,
And oft endur'd the grief;
But when thy hand has prest me sore,
Thy grace was my relief.
7
By long experience have I known
Thy sovereign power to save ;
At thy command I venture down
Securely to the grave.
8
When I lie buried deep in dust,
My fiesh shall be thy care ;
These withering limbs with thee I trust
To raise them strong and fair.
FAST AND THANKSGIVING
DAYS, &c.
598- Wahal 237, Wantage 204.
(Psalm 10. CM.)
Prayer heard, and Saints saved ; or. Pride,
Atheism, and Oppression punished.
For a Humiliation Day.
WHY doth the Lord stand off so far,
And why conceal his face,
When great calamities appear,
And times of deep distress?
2
Lord, shall the wicked still deride
Thy justice and thy power?
Shall they advance their heads in pride,
And still thy saints devour?
3
They put thy judgments from their sight,
And then'insult the poor ;
They boast in their exalted height
That they shall fall no more.
4
Arise, O God, lift up thine hand,
Attend our humble cry;
No enemy shall dare to stand
When God ascends on high.
Spraguel66. PAUSE. WorksopZX.
Wrhy do the men of malice rage,
And say with foolish pride,
' The God of heaven will ne'er engage
' To fight on Zion's side?'
d
But thou for ever art our Lord ;
And powerful is thine hand,
As wiien the heathens felt thy sword,
And perish'd from thy land.
Thou wilt prepare our hearts to pray,
And cause thine ear to hear;
He hearkens what his children say,
And puts the world in fear.
8
Proud tyrants shall no more oppress,
No more despise the just ;
And mighty sinners shall confess
They are but earth and dust.
599. WorksopZX, James's 163.
(Psalm 12. C. M.)
Complaint of a general Corruption of Man-
ners ; or, the Promise and Signs of Christ's
coming to Judgment.
HELP, Lord, for men of virtue fail,
Religion loses ground;
The sons of violence prevail,
And treacheries abound.
2
Their oaths and promises they break,
Yet act the flatterer's part;
With fair deceitful lips they speak,
And with a double heart.
3
If we reprove some hateful lie,
How is their fury stirr'd !
' Are not our lips our own,' they cry,
* And who shall be our Lord t*
4
Scoffers appear on every side,
Where a vile race of men
Is rais'd to seats of power and pride,
And bears the sword in vain.
PAUSE. James's 163.
Lord, when iniquities abound,
And blasphemy grows bold,
When faith is hardly to be found,
And love is waxing cold,
6
Is not thy chariot hastening on ?
Hast thou not given this sign?
May we not trust and live upon
A promise so divine?
7
' Yes,' saith the Lord, ' now will I rise,
' And make oppressors flee ;
' I shall appear to their surprise,
' And set my servants free.'
8
Thy word, like silver seven times try'd,
Thro' ages shall endure ;
The men that in thy truth confide
Shall find the promise sure.
600- Kingsbridge 88, Ulverston 179.
(Psalm 12. L.M.)
The Saint's Safety and Hope in evil Times ; or,
Sins of the Tongue complained of ; viz.
Blasphemy, Falshood, &c.
LORD, if thou dost not soon appear,
Virtue and truth will fly away ;
A faithful man, amongst us here,
Will scarce be found, if thou delay.
2
The whole discourse, when neighbours
Is fill'd with trifles loose and vain ; [meet,
Their lips are flattery and deceit,
And their proud language is profane.
I
i \-i lm s.
But lip*, that with <U-
: t maintain their triumph long;
The Mattering ami hla<.p1ieming tongue.
4
4 Vet thall our word;, t>e free.' the
none :
■rd will a^k u
. our lips are noi our
Ml the |X>or opprest,
train,
Nor shall tin v tru»t his wont in vain.
(<
Th\ woi : t;;. \i,
on times purified
Viom dro» and mixture, chines so clear.
Defend the Ik
l
: hour
sinners swarm.
Bang* 251.
la 60. »et. l
Om a Day of Humiliation for D/.
LORD, hast thou cast the nation off?
Muat we for cut mourn
aorta] wrath'
Shall mercy ne'er return !
2
The terror of one frown of thine
- all our strength away j
Like men ;hat totter drunk with wine,
tremble in di>mav.
3
Great BnUm shakes beneath thy stroke,
And dreads thy thieateninj
O heal the island thou
Confirm the wavering land.
Lift up a banner in t!
I nee that tear thy name;
Save tii ihy shield,
And put our foes to rttame,
Go with our armies to the fight,
Like a confederate I
In vain ^nite
Against thv lined rod.
Our troops shall gain a wide renown
By ti and ;
the mighty down,
And mikes the feeble stand.'
602- Wawtkmm I
(Psal B
■
I Daj of Prayer in Time of War.
Now mat the G<h1 of power and grace
Attend i.i> pei ; te*l humble cry!
Jehovah hears, when Israel
Aad brings deliverance tn>m on high.
Bettor ti.
it and sirtngii .
Oi humble groans and broken
4
anon is oui
And, in the name ot I
Our troops shall lift their banners up,
Our na\ lea spread their Mags abroad.
Some trust in horses train 'd tor war,
make their boasts ;
Our surest expectations ate
From thee, me Lord ot heavenly !
O ' may the memory of thy name
inspire our armies tor the 6
Our foes shall fall an I ime.
Or quit the field with shameful night."]
Now cave us. Lord, from slavish fear;
Now let our hopes be firm and Ml
Till the salvation shall appear,
tad triumph raue the song.
Portugal 97, Cravat* 1
0*30. B.l. L. M )
In < i» God of love,
We wan the
Our soub desire is to thy n
And the remembrance of dry lace.
My thoughts are searching. Lord, for thee,
'Mongst nesoine night
neat chea aaiatt
before the uawn restore the light.
•.He
But the
before him g
But threatening thunder to bis foes.
Come, -:n%
Till the t
And ray ret
6
•rs,
vN hile heavenly pea
Stretches ' ady wings,
Y j
604, 605
TIMES AND SEASONS.
606, 607
60 1. Wells 102, Derby 169, Combs' s 45.
(Hymn 1. B.2. L. M.)
A Song of Praise to God from Great Britain.
NATURE with all her powers shall sing
God the Creator and the King;
Nor air, nor earth, nor skies, nor seas
Deny the tribute of their praise.
2
[Begin to make his glories known,
Ye seraphs that sit near his throne;
Tune your harps high, and spread the sound
To the creation's utmost bound.
3
All mortal things of meaner frame,
Exert your force and own his name ;
Whilst with our souls and with our voice
We sing his honours and our joys.]
4
[To him be sacred all we have
From the young cradle to the grave :
Our lips shall his loud wonders tell,
And every word a miracle.]
5
[This northern isle, our native land,
Lies safe in God th' Almighty's hand:
Our foes of victory dream in vain,
And wear the captivating chain.
6
He builds and guards the British throne,
And makes it gracious like his own,
Makes our successive princes kind,
And give our dangers to the wind.]
7
Raise monumental praises high
To him that thunders thro' the sky,
And with an awful nod or frown
Shakes an aspiring tvrant down.
8
[Pillars of lasting brass proclaim
The triumphs of th' eternal name;
While trembling nations read from far
The honours of the God of War.]
9
Thus let our naming zeal employ
Our loftiest thoughts and loudest songs;
Britain pronounce with warmest joy
Hosanna from ten thousand tongues.
10
Yet, mighty God, our feeble frame
Attempts in vain to reach thy name;
The strongest notes that angels raise
Faint in the worship and the praise.
605- Rothwell 174, Derby 169, Ltwton 30.
(Psalm 144. ver. 12—15. 3d Part. L.M.)
Grace above Riches ; or, the happy Nation.
HAPPY the city, where their sons
Like pillars round a palace set,
And daughters bright as polish'd stones
Give strength and beauty to the state.
2
Happy the country, where the sheep,
Cattle, and corn, have large increase;
v\ here men securely work or sleep,
"Nor sons of plunder break the peace.
Happy the nation thus endow'd,
But more divinely blest are those
On whom the all-sufficient God
Himself with all his grace bestows.
606- Cambridge NewlA, Providence 10.
(Psalm 67. CM.)
The Nation's Prosperity and the Church's
Increase.
SHINE, mighty God, on Britain shine
With beams of heavenly grace ;
Reveal thy power through all our coasts,
And shew thy smiling face.
2
[Amidst our isle, exalted high,
Do thou our glory stand,
And like a wall of guardian fire
Surround the favourite land.]
3
When shall thy name, from shore to shore,
Sound all tlie earth abroad,
And distant nations know and love
Their Saviour and their God ?
4
Sing to the Lord, ye distant lands,
Sing loud with solemn voice ;
While British tongues exalt his praise,
And British hearts rejoice.
5
He the great Lord, the sovereign judge,
That sits enthron'd above,
Wisely commands the worlds he made
Injustice and in love.
6
Earth shall obey her maker's will,
And yield a full increase;
Our God will crown his chosen isle
With fruitfulness and peace.
7
God the Redeemer scatters round
His choicest favours here,
While the creation's utmost bound
Shall see, adore, and fear.
607- WarehamWl, Green's Hundred 89.
(Psalm 107. Last Part. L. M.)
Colonies planted ; or, Nations blest and
punished.
A Pfalm for New England.
WHEN God, provok'd with daring
crimes,
Scourges the madness of the times,
He turns their fields to barren sand,
And dries the rivers from the land.
2
His word can raise the springs again,
And make the wither'd mountains green,
Send showery blessings from the skies,
And harvests in the desert rise.
3
T Where nothing dwelt but beasts of prey,
Or men as fierce and wild as they;
He bids th' opprest and poor repair,
And build* them towns and cities there.
THANKSGIVING DAYS.
GOD, G10
>\v the field*, Jiul trees they plant,
fearlj nun supplies tiieir want :
Their race grows up from fruitful -toi ks,
Their wealth increases with their flocks.
Thai they are blest , but it they mm,
lie lets the heathen nations in,
iew invades their lands,
Their princes die bj barbaroui hands.
6
Their captive not, export! to scorn,
U an lei unpitv 'd and toilorn ;
The unfenc'd, untill'd,
And desolation spreads the Held.
7
Vel ■ 1 nation mourns,
Again his dreadful hand he turns;
:.'i he make> their cities thrive.
And bids the dving churches live. J
8
The righteous, with a joyful sense,
Admire the woik- ol Providence;
And tongue^ of atheists shall no more
Blaspheme the God that saints adore.
9
How few, with pious care record
wondertitn dealings of the Lord!
But wise observers still shall find
The Lord is holy, just, and kind.
GO 8- George's 2, Evans's 190.
(Hymn 111. B.J. CM.)
Thanksgiving fnr Victory ; or, God's Domi-
nion and our Deliverance.
Zion rejoice, and Judah sing;
The I "nl assumes his throne;
Let Britain own the heavenly King,
And make his glories known.
The great, the wicked, and the proud,
From their high seats are hurl'd ;
Jehovah rides upon a cloud,
And thuade.s through the world.
3
He reigns upon th' eternal hills,
Distributes mortal crowns,
Empires are fiv'd beneath his smiles,
And totter at his frowns.
4
that rule the ocean wide
.mquish'd by his breath;
And legions arm'd with power and pride
De* end to watery death.
5
Let tyrants make no more pretence
To vex our happy land ,
Jehovah's name is our defence,
Our buckler is his hand.
6
[Long may ttie Km:: our sovereign live
To rule Us by his* ■
And all the honours he can give
Be otfer'd to the 1
• First edition »as
Long mav I Sovereign lire
To rule us t>y lii^ ■ <>nl ' {t\t. Co»l,) God's word
Thy word would be proper now.
g09. Cambridge Xeu<l\, Arlington 17.
,1- .dm is. ist part cm.)
Victory and Triumph over temporal Enemies.
WE love thee, Lord] and we adore,
Now is thine aim reveaPd ;
Thou art our strength, our heavenly tower,
Our bulwark and our shield.
8
We fly to our eternal rock,
And find a sure defence ;
His holy name our lips invoke,
And draw salvation thence.
3
When God, our leader, shines in arm>
What mortal heart can boar
The thunder ot his loud alarms?
The lightning of his spear >
\
He rides upon the winged wind,
And angels in array
In millions wait to know his mind,
And swift as flames obey.
5
He speaks, and at his fierce rebuke
V\ hole armies are dismay'd ;
His voice, his trown, his angry look
Strikes all their courage dead.
6
He forms our generals for the field,
with all their dreadful skill;
Gives them his awful sword to wield,
And makes their hearts of steel.
7
He arms our captains to the fight,
Tbo' there his name's forgot:
He girded Cyrus with his might,
But Cyrus knew him not.
s
Oft has the Lord whole nations blest
For his own church's sake :
The powers that give his people rest
Shall of his care partake.]
G 1 0- Liverpool 83, Cambridge New 74,
■ \W.
(Psalm 18. 9d Part. CM.)
The Conqueror's Song.
TO thine almighty arm we owe
The triumphs of the day ;
Thy terrors. Lord, < unround die foe,
And melt their strength away.
2
Tis by thine aid our troops prevail,
And break united powers,
Or burn their boa-n-d Beets, or scale
The proudest of their towers.
3
How have we chas'd them thro' the field,
And irod them to the ground,
While thy salvation was our shield,
But they no shelter found:
1
In vain to idol-saints they cry,
And perish in then I
Where is a rock so ^reat, so high,
So powerful a^> our G
611, 612
TIMES AND SEASONS.
613
The rock of Israel ever lives,
His name be ever blest;
'Tis bis own arm the victory gives,
And gives bis people rest.
6
On kings that reign as David did,
He pours his blessings down ;
Secures their honours to their seed,
And well supports the crown.
611. Bramcoate 8, Lavtoti 30, Chard 175.
(Psalm 124. L.M.)
A Song for the Fifth of November.
HAD not the Lord, may Israel say,
Had not the Lord maintain'd our side,
When men, to make our lives a prey,
Rose like the swelling of the tide ;
2
Tbe swelling tide had stopt our breath,
So fiercely did the waters roll,
We had been swallow 'd deep in death ;
Proud waters had o'erwhelm'd our soul.
3
We leap for joy, we shout and sing,
Who just escap'd the fatal stroke;
So flies the bird with cheerful wing,
When once the fowler's snare is broke.
4
For ever blessed be the Lord,
Who broke the fowler's cursed snare,
Who sav'd us from the murdtring sword,
And made our lives and souls his care.
5
Our help is in Jehovah's name,
Who form'd the earth, and built the skies;
He that upholds that wonderom; frame
Guards his own church with watchful eyes.
f 19. Cambridge New 74, Tiverton 109,
Michaels 119.
(Hymn 92. B.2. CM.)
The Church saved, and her Enemies
disappointed.
Composed the 5th of November 1694.
SHOUT to the Lord, and let our joys
Through the whole nation run ;
Ye British skies, rewound the noise
Beyond tbe rising sun.
2
Thee, mighty God, our souls admire,
Thee our glad voices sing,
And join with the Celestial choir
To praise th' eternal King.
3
Thy power the whole creation rules,
And on the starry skies
Sits smiling at the weak designs
Thine envious foes devise.
4
Thv scorn derides their feeble rage,
And with an awful frown
Flings vast confusion on their plots,
And shakes their Babel down.
[Their secret fires in caverns lay,
And we the sacrifice:
But gloomy caverns strove in vain
To 'scape all-searching eyes.
6
Their dark designs were all reveal'd,
Their treasons all betray'd:
Praise to the God that broke the snare
Their cursed hands had laid.]
7
In vain the busy sons of hell
Still new rebellions try,
Their souls shall pine with envious rage,
And vex away and die.
8
Almighty grace defends our land
From their malicious power,
Let Britain with united songs
Almighty grace adore.
613- New Fiftieth.
(Psalm 115. 2d Metre.)
As the New Tune of the 50th Psalm.
Popish Idolatry reproved.
A Psalm for the 5th of November.
NOT to our names, thou only just and
true,
Not to our worthless names is glory due :
Thy power and grace, thy truth and justice
claim
Immortal honours to thy sovereign name:
Shine thro' the earth from heaven, thy blest
abode,
Nor let the heathens say, A nd where"1 s your
God?
2
Heaven is thine higher court ; there stands
thy throne,
And thro' the lowerworlds thy will is done:
Our God fram'd all this earth, these heavens
he spread,
But fools adore the gods their hands have
made :
The kneeling crowd, with looks devout, be-
hold,
Their silver-saviours, and their saints of gold.
3
[ Vain are those artful shapes of eyes and ears ;
The molten image neither sees nor hears:
Their hands are helpless, nor their feet can
move,
They have no speech, nor thought, nor
power, n' r love;
Yet sottish mortals make their long com-
plaints
To the ir deaf idols, and their moveless sain ts.
4
The rich have statues well adorn "d with gold ;
The poor, content with gods of coarser
mould,
With tools of iron carve the senseless stock,
Lopt from a tree, or broken from a rock :
People and priest drive on the solemn trade,
And trust the gods that taws and hammers
made.]
G\l
MAGISTRACY
615, GIG
Be heaven and earth amaz'd' Tishard to say
\N Inch is more stupid, or their gods or they :
() Israel, trust the Lord, be hoar-, and sees,
He knows thy KOTOWS, and restores thy
peace :
Hi-. w< >r-»i-ii j> does ■ thousand comforts yield.
He is thv help, and i)'- th\ heavenly shield.
'<
O Britain, trust the Lord : Thy toes in vain
Attempt thy rum, and oppose his reign;
Had they prevad'd darkness had clos'd our
da\s.
And death and silence bad forbid his praise i
But we are sa\ 'd, and live: let BOngl arise,
And Britain ble>s the God that Milt the
skies.
61 | • James's 163, Providence College 10.
(Psalm 76. CM.)
m destroyed; or.
Cod's Vngtauet agonist Us Enemies pro-
: from h;s Chui\h.
IN luiah God of old was known ;
His name in Israel great ;
la Salem stood his holy throne,
And sion was his seat.
Among the praises of his saints
Hil dwelling there he cl
ThTe hereceiv'd iheirjust complaints
list their naught]! roes.
From Sion went his dreadful word,
And broke the threatening spear;
The bow, the arrows, and the sword,
AndcrushM th* Assyrian war.
4'
What ar? the earth's wide kingdoms else
But mighty hills of pre] !
The hill on which Jehovah dwells
Is glorious more than they.
5
Twas Sion's king that stopp'd the breath
Of captains and their hands:
The men of might -lept fast in death,
And never found their hands.
6
At thy rebuke, O Jacob's God,
Both horse and chariot fell :
Who knows the terrors of thy rod ?
Thy vengeance who can tell'
7
What power can stand before thy sight
\N hen once thy wrath ap;u
When heaven shines round with dreadful
The earth lies -till and fears. flight,
When God in his own sovereign ways
Comes down to save the oppress,
The wrath of man shall work his praise,
And he'll restrain the rc>t.
9
[Vow to the Lord, and tribute bring,
Ye princes, fear hi- frown ;
His terror shakes the proudest king,
And cuts an army down.
10
The thunder of his sharp rebuke
Our haughty foes shall feel ;
Foi l.u oil's God hath not forsook,
But dwells in Sion still.]
615. Bedford 91, Anns 58.
(Hymn I !'.». B. 2. CM.)
Honour to Magistrate; ; or, Government
from God.
EIT.KN \l Sovereign of the sky,
And Lord of all below,
We mortals to thy majesty
Our first obedience owe.
Our souls adore thy throne supreme,
And bless thy providence
I oi magistrates or meaner name,
Our glorv and defence.
3
[The crowns of British princes shine
\\ nh rays above the rest,
Where laws and liberties combine
To make the nation bless'd.]
4
Kingdoms on firm foundations stand,
\\ hile virtue finds reward ;
And timers perish from the land
B) justice and the sword.
5
Lei Cigar's due be ever paid
To Caesar ami his throne,
But consciences and souls were made
To be the Lord's alone.
616- Portugal '97, Magdalene 214.
(Psalm 101. L. M.)
The Magistrate's Psalm.
MERCY and judgment are my song;
ince they both to thee belong,
M) gractotks God, my righteous king,
To thee mv songs and vows 1 bring.
8
If 1 am rais'd to bear the sword,
I II take my counsels from thy word ;
Thy justice and thy heavenly grace
Shall be the pattern of S9J ■
3
Let wisdom all my actions guide,
And let my God with me reside ;
No wicked thing shall dwell with me,
Which may provoke thv jealousy,
4
No sons of slander, rage and strife
Shall be companions of my life ;
The haughty look, the heart of pride
U ithia my doors shall ne'er abide.
5
[I'll search the land, and raise the just
ro posts of honour, wealth and trust:
The men that work thy holy will
Mull be my friends and favorites still.]
6
In vain shall sinners hope to rise
By flattering cr malicious lies j
And while the innocent I guard,
The bold offender shan't be spar'd.
617, 618
TIMES AND SEASONS.
619
The impious crew (that factious band)
Shall hide their heads, or quit the land ;
And all that break the public rest,
Where 1 have power, shall be supprest.
617- Marks 65, Derby 169, Gloucester 12.
(Psalm 75. L.M.)
Power and Government from God alone.
Applied to the glorious Revolution by King
William, or the happy Accession of King
George to the Throne.
rf^O thee, most holy, and most high,
JL To thee, we bring our thankful praise ;
Thy works declare thy name is nigh,
Thy works of wonder and of grace.
'2
Britain was doom'd to be a slave,
Her frame dissolv'd, her fears were great ;
When God a new supporter gave
To bear the pillars of the state.
3
He from thy hand receiv'd his crown,
And sware to rule by wholesome laws;
His foot shall tread th' oppressor down,
His arm defend the righteous cause.
4
Let haughty sinners sink their pride,
Nor lift so high their scornful head ;
But lay their foolish thoughts aside,
And own the king that God hath made.
5
Such honours never come by chance,
Nor do the winds promotion blow ;
Tis God the judge doth one advance,
'Tis God that lays another low.
6
No vain pretence to royal birth
Shall fix a tyrant on the throne :
God the great sovereign of the earth
Will rise and make his justice known.
7
[His hand holds out the dreadful cup
Of vengeance, mix'd with various plagues,
To make the wicked drink them up,
Wring out and taste the bitter dregs,
8
Now shall the Lord exalt the just,
And while he tramples on the proud,
And Jays their glory in the dust,
My lips shall sing his praise aloud.]
618- Otford 106, Milbourn Port 183,
Evans 190.
(Psalm 21. CM)
Our King is the Care of Heaven.
THE king, O Lord, with songs of praise,
Shall in thy strength rejoice ;
And, ble»t with thy salvation, raise
To heaven his cheerful voice.
2
Thy sure defence, thro' nations round,
Has spread his glorious name;
And his successful actions crown'd
Willi majesty and fame.
Then let the king on God alone
For timely aid rely;
His mercy shall support the throne,
And all our wants supply.
4
But, righteous Lord, his stubborn foes
Shall feel thy dreadful hand ;
Thy vengeful arm shall find out those
That hate his mild command.
5
When thou against them dost engage,
Thyjust but dreadful doom
Shall, like a fiery oven's rage,
Their hopes and them consume.
6
Thus, Lord, thy wonderous power declare,
And thus exalt thy fame ;
Whilst we glad songs of praise prepare
For thine almighty name.
619- Jennings 123, Old Hundred and Thir-
teenth 21 5.
(Psalm 58. As the 113th Psalm.)
Warning to Magistrates.
JUDGES, who rule the world by laws,
Will ye despise the righteous cause,
When th' injured poor before you stands ?
Dare ye condemn the righteous poor,
And let rich sinners 'scape secure,
While gold and greatness bribe your hands?
2
Have ye forgot, or never knew,
That God will judge the judges too?
High in the heavens his justice reigns ;
Yet you invade the rights of God,
And' send your bold decrees abroad,
To bind the conscience in your chains.
3
A poison'd arrow is your tongue,
The arrow sharp, the poison strong,
And death attends where'er it wounds:
You hear no counsels, cries or tears;
So the deaf adder stops her ears
Against the power of charming sounds.
4
Break out their teeth, eternal God,
Those teeth of lions dy'd in blood ;
And crush the serpents in the dust:
As empty chaff, when whirlwinds rise,
Before the sweeping tempest flies,
So let their hopes and names be lost.
5
Th' Almighty thunders from the sky,
Their grandeur melts, their titles die.
As bills of snow dissolve and run,
Or snails that perish in their slime,
Or births that come before their time,
Vain births, that never see die sun.
6
Thus shall the vengeance of the Lord
Safety and joy to saints afford ;
And all that hear shall join and say,
' Sure there's a God that rules on high,
' A God that hears his children cry,
' And will their sufferings well lepay.'
620,621
SICKNESS AND RECOVERY.
bKmgtom M), H'artkam 117.
d BS. i . m.
;.,. 'rates
:<ui.
A mom. tir UKmbllei ol the great,
.ii t Kuler takei lu-
I eaven. at |ud
Those gods on earth and :ill then «
\\ hy will yo then frame wu Led lawi I
Or st hy luppori tir unrighteoui 1 1
When will ye once defend the poor,
That tinneri vea iho uinta no more I
Thej know not, Lord, nor will they know,
the ways in which they go;
Their name of e.nthl) gods u vain,
For thej shall fall aiul die like men.
1
Arise, 0 Lord, and let thy Son
I nil univeml throne,
Aiul rule the nations with his rod ;
lit is our Judge, and he our Cod.
SICKNESS AND RECOVERY.
9amgor*b1tlMdbw14, Wah
,21. 1st Tart. CM.]
A Prayer nf the AJI
HEAR me, O God, nor hide thy face,
answer let I die;
Hj-i thou not built a throne of grace
i when tinners crj !
ited like the -.moke
Dissolving in the air;
ngth is dry'd, my heart is broke,
And sinking in despair.
3
M> spirits flag like withering grass
Burnt with excessive heat ;
el groans my minutes pa-s,
I forget to eat.
4
- me lonely bu
The sparrow tells hei moan,
Far from the tents of joj au-.i nope
1 -it ami grieve alone.
My soul i* like a wil
Inight howl ;
There the .-ad raven finds her
aming owl.
6
Dark li»mal thoughts and boiling fears
Dweil in mj
-harp reproaches wound m> ear-,
give my spirit rest.
. ■ i- mingled with mj
And tears are my repast ,
Unpleasant io my
wis that feel trrj I ■•■ i ;
I oi I, iwai thj I me high,
Wll.
y
appear,
Vnd li
Grows tamt as evening shadows ai<-
I bat vanish 1nto DJ
10
But tl •
() my >
A jes to come shall know thy nam^.
And spread th> woiks a: .
11
Thou wilt arue and -hew thj '
Nor will my Foid I
Beyond th' appointed hour of grace,
Thai I I day.
IS
lie hears hi- aiints, he knows their cry,
And I y mysterious
is the prisoners doom'd to die,
And nils their tongUd with praise.
522- !■ '< '' Vo' 170, lWalsal 237, Ludlow 84.
(Psalm 39. ver.9— 13. 3d Part. c.M.)
Sick-Red Devotion ; or, pleading without
repining .
God of m\ life, look gently down,
I feel ;'
But 1 am dumb before thy throne,
Nor dare di-pute tl y will.
I
Diseases ate thy servant-, Lord,
They come at thy command;
I II not attempt a murmuring word
linst thy chastening hand.
3
Vet I may plead with humble
Remove thy sharp re
M} strength consumes, m> spirit dies
ihiough thy repeated str<
i
Cru-h*d as a moth beneath thy hand,
\\ e moulder to the dust ;
Our feeble powers can nCei a
all our beautv 's lost.
.")
[This mortal life
How soon the bubble's broke !
.id all his numerom i
Are vanii) and m*
6
I'm but a sojourner l>elow
I mj fathen u
V.i\ I I e well pnpar'd to go
\\ hen 1 the summons hear.
But if a I d awhile,
e my last ien
Th) praise shall be my buiinc-:
And I'll declare thy lo\e.]
623, 624
TIMES AND SEASONS.
625, 626
623- Ludlow 84, Walsal231, WantagelQA.
(Psalm 119. 14th Part. CM.)
Benefit of Afflictions, and Support under them.
Ver. 153, 81, 82.
CONSIDER all my sorrows, Lord,
And thy deliverance send ;
My soul for thy salvation faints,
When will my troubles end ?
Ver. 71.
Yet I have found 'tis good for me
To bear my Fathers rod ;
Afflictions make me learn thy law,
And live upon my God.
Ver. 50.
This is the comfort I enjoy
When new distress begins,
1 read thy word, I run thy way,
And hate my former sins.
Ver. 92.
Had not thy word been my delight
When earthly joys were fled,
My soul opprest with sorrows weight
Had sunk amongst the dead.
Ver. 75.
I know thy judgments, Lord, are right,
Tho' they may seem severe ;
The sharpest sufferings I endure
Flow from thy faithful care.
Ver. 67.
Before 1 knew thy chastening rod
My feet were apt to stray ;
But now I learn to keep thy word,
Nor wander from thy way.
624 • Worksop 3 1 , Crowle 3.
(Psalm 119. Last Part. L. M.)
Sanctified Affections ,• or Delight in the Word
of God.
Ver. 67, 59.
FATHER, I bless thy gentle hand ;
How kind was thy chastising rod,
That forc'd my conscience to a stand,
And brought my wandering soul to God!
Foolish and vain I went astray
Ere I had felt thy scourges, Lord,
1 left my guide, and lost my way ;
But now 1 love and keep thy word.
Ver. 71.
'Tis good for me to wear the yoke,
For pride is apt to rise and swell ;
Tis good to bear my Father's stroke,
That I might learn his statutes well.
Ver. 72.
The law that issues from thy mouth
Shall raise my cheerful passions more
Than all the treasures of the south,
Or western hills of golden ore.
Ver. 73.
Thy hands have made my mortal frame,
Thy Spirit form/d my soul within ;
Teach ine to know thy wonderous name,
And guard me safe from death and sin.
Ver. 74.
Then all that love and fear the Lord
At my salvation shall rejoice ;
For 1 have hoped in thy word,
And made thy grace my only choice.
625- Babylon Streams 23, Uherston 179,
Green's Hundred '8 J.
(Psalm 6 L.M.)
Temptations in Sickness overcome.
LORD, I can suffer thy rebukes,
When thou with kindness dost chastise j
But thy fierce wrath I cannot bear,
O let it not against me rise !
2
Pity my languishing estate,
And ease the sorrows that 1 feel;
The wounds thine heavy hand hath made,
0 let thy gentler touches heal.
3
See how I pass my weary days
In sighs and groans; and when 'tis night,
My bed is water'd with my tears ;
My grief consumes and dims my sight.
4
Look how the powers of nature mourn !
How long, Almighty God, how long?
When thall thine hour of grace return I
When shall Imake thy grace my song?
5
1 feel my flesh so near the grave,
My thoughts are tempted to despair ;
But graves can never praise the Lord.,
For all is dust and silence there.
6
Depart, ye tempters, from my soul,
And all despairing thoughts depart ;
My God, who hears my humble moan,
Will ease my flesh, and cheer my heart.
626- Bangor 231, Ludlow 84, Walsal 237.
(Psalm 6. CM.)
Complaint in Sickness ; or, Diseases healed.
IN anger, Lord, rebuke me not,
Withdraw the dreadful storm;
Nor let thy fury grow so hot
Against a feeble worm.
2
My soul's bow'd down with heavy cares,
My flesh with pain opprest ;
My couch is witness to my tears,
My tears forbid my rest.
3
Sorrow and pain wear out my days ;
I waste the night with cries,
Counting the minutes as they pass,
Till the slow morning rise.
4
Shall 1 be still tormented more?
Mine eye consum'd with grief?
How long, my God, how long before
Thy hand affords relief?
5
He hears when dust and ashes speak,
He pities all our groans,
He saves us for his mercy's sake
And heals our broken bones.
6
The virtue of his sovereign word
Restores our fainting breath ;
For silent graves praise not the Lord,
Nor is he known in death.
677, sn
SICKNESS AND RECOVERY
19.
(Paalm91. ter. 1—7. lit Vmi. I M
jf //» pmbtic Distan tin,/ Dangers.
HK. tli.it li.uli m. nic hit
Shad find a moil -<•. ure al
Shall walk all dai beneath hit shade,
Ami there al night shall rc-t his head;
Then will I say, ' M] God, thj power
• Shall Lk- mi t . tu -- au.l im
1 1 thai am form'd ut feeble dust
* Make thine almighty ami mj tru-t.'
3
Thrice happ] man' tin Maker's care
Mull keep thee from toe fowlert snare,
s.itan. the Fowler, who betrays
L'nguardcd souls a thousand ways,
4
ju-t .v a hen protects her I
1 rom bird- ot pit i tliat seek their blood
I'n let her feathers, so the Lord
ins own aim his people"! guard.
5
If burning beams of Boon conspire
initial fire,
their life; his wings are spread
To shield them wan in healthful shade.
t>
it vapoara with malignant breath
Rise t: ei midnight death*
is safe: the poison'd air
• there.
i\u
What tho' a thousand at thy -tde,
At thl right hand u 'd,
•:it h;> angel down
To make. Ids wrath in Egypt known,
a their sons, hit careful i ye
.ill the doors of Jacob by.
9
Bui If the Cue, or plague, or sword,
, ommistion from the I urd
To -ttike hi> saints am
Their vers pains an est.
10
■ rd, the p<->t ten< e or fire
shall but fulfil II eir best dl
I rom sins and >n free.
And bring thy children, Lord, to thee.
k
(Psalm vi. mt. '.'-Hi. 2d I'jrt. c.M.)
Prot. . .
YF sons ot men, a feeble
EkpoaM to even tnare,
Conic, nuke th '.welling-place,
And trv and ::
No ill shall enter where you dwell ;
or it the plague come nigh,
And sweep the « - to bell,
ins saints on high.
barge to keep
; ways ;
To watch yoUl pillow while you sleep,
And guard your luppv da)s.
V
Their hands shall bear you, leal >ou fall
Anil dash j u i : ' ! > t the -
Are tiie> not servants at I i
And lent V attend his
Adder- and lion- ye shall tread,
I he, tempter's wiles defeat ;
lie that hath broke the serpent's liead
Puts him beneath your feet.
6
' Because, on me tin-} set their love
' I'll save them,' saith the Lord;
' I'll bear their joyful souls a
' Destruction and the sword.
7
' My grace shall answer when ihey call;
v In trouble I'll be ni^h ;
1 M] power shall I elp them when they fall,
4 Anu raise them when thej die.
B
1 Those that on earth my name have known,
• in honour them ::i heaven;
1 There mj ^.lt\ ain-M shall be shown,
1 And endless lite be given.'
HC9. Kingsbrutgt&, Ri/f>otSs 188.
Im30. uM.ti. 3d Pan. I.M.)
Health} Sickness and Recovery,
FIRM ■ . my day w.i
\nd I pie tum'd 'twould ne'er benight;
rd within irr
2
But 1 forgot thine arm was stiong,
mountain stand so long;
.
My he.:
3
I to thee, m> God.
What car loodt
Deep in
Thy tru. h, nr sing t/iv sorJness there f
. . .id.
Thy word rebu
Thy pardonin tilt
5
id tears, and forms <m ■
Are tun now;
1 throw :;i
6
My tongue, the frame,
shall nr- ■
.. 1 sound thro3 eirth and
1 or -ukne-s heal'd, an I
630,631,632
TIMES AND SEASONS.
633, 634
630- Bramcoate 8, Bredhy 165,
Rippon's 188.
(Psalm 30. 1st Part. L.M.)
Sickness hen led, and Sorrow removed.
I WILL extol thee. Lord, on high,
At thy (ommand diseases fly ;
A\ ho but a God can speak and save
From the dark borders of the grave'
2
Sing to the Lord, ye saints of his,
And tell how large his goodness is ;
Let all your powers rejoice and bless,
Y\ hile you record his holiness.
3
His anger but a moment stays ;
His love is life and length of days ;
Though grief and tears the night employ,
The morning-star restores the joy.
63 I- Bangor 231, Elenborough 170.
(Psalm 31. 5, 13—19,22,23. 1st Pt.*C M.
Deliverance from Death.
INTO thine hand, O God of truth,
My spirit 1 commit;
Thou hast redeem 'd my soul from death,
And sav'd me from the pit.
2
The passions of my hope and fear
Maintained a doubtful strife,
While sorrow, pain, and sin tpnsptr'd
To take away my life.
My times are in thine hand, 1 cry'd,
Though I draw near the dust ;
Thou art the refuge where I hide,
The God in whom 1 trust.
4
0 make thy reconciled face
Upon thy servant shine,
And save me for thy mercy's sake,
For I'm entirely thine.
PAUSE.
['Twas in my haste, my spirit said,
/ must despair a/.d die,
1 am cut ojt before thine eyes ;
But thou hast heard mv cry.]
6
Thy goodness how divinely free!
How vvonderous is thy grace
To those that fear thy majesty,
And trust thy promises!
7
O love the Lord, all ye his saints,
And sing his praises loud;
He'll bemi his ear to your complaints,
And recompense the proud.
632- Grove House 143, Sprague 166,
■r 4.
(Psalm 116. 1st Part. CM.)
Recovery f om Sickness.
I LOVE the Lord , he heard my cries,
And pity 'd every groan :
Long as 1 live, when troubles rise,
111 hasten to his throne.
1 love the Lord ; he bow'd his ear,
And chas'd my griefs away ;
O let my heart no more despair,
While 1 have breath to pray !
3
My flesh declin'd, my spirits fell,
And 1 drew near the dead,
\\ hile inward pangs, and fears of hell,
Perplex'd my wakeful head.
4
My God, 1 cry'd, thy servant save,
Thou ever good, ind just ,■
Thy poiL-cr can rescue from the grave,
Thy power is ait my trust.
5
The Lord beheld me sore distrest,
He bid my pains remove:
Return, lr.y soul, to God thy rest,
For thou hast known his love.
6
My God hath sav'd my soul from death,
And dry'd my falling tears ;
Now to his praise I'll spend my breath,
And my remaining years.
633- Crowle 3, Grove House 143.
(Hymn 55. B. 1. C. M.)
Hezekiah,s Song ; or, Sickness and Recovery,
Isaiah xxxviii. 9, &c.
WHEN we are rais'd from deep distress
Our God deserves a song ;
We take the pattern of our praise
From Hezekiah's tongue.
2
The gates of the devouring grave
Are open'd wide in vain,
If he that holds the kejs of death
Commands them fast again.
3
Pains of the flesh are wont t' abuse
Our minds with slavish fears;
Our days are past, and we shall lose
The remnant of our years.
4
We chatter with a swallow's voice,
Or like a dove we mourn,
With bitterness instead of joys,
A filicted and forlorn.
Jehovah speaks the healing word,
And no disease withstands ;
Fevers and plagues obey the Lord,
And tiy at his commands.
6
If half the strings of life should break,
lie can our name restore :
lie casts our sins behind his i>ack,
And they are found no more.
634- Michaels 119, Foster 96, Salem 139.
(Psalm 118. ver. 17—21. 2d Part. CM.)
Public Trai.efor Deliverance from Death.
LORD, thou hast heard thy servant cry,
And rescu'd from the grave ;
Now shall he live: (and none can die
If God resolve to save.)
•
TIME AND ETERNITY.
637
tant than before,
Shall mi Iita dalli breath j
III) hand, that haui chastu'd him sore,
Defends him -.till from death.
3
Op<*n the gates ofZion now,
For we shall worship there,
i he house where all the righteous go
I !i> mere) to declare.
th' U emfaOei Of thy saints
Oui thankful iroii i
i ,• ti ivt- told thee our complaints,
And there we ^wak thy poise
TIME AND ETERNITY.
J. A»?(rs Hymn GO, Jlorsley 205.
(Ilyma 88. B. 1. L. M.)
Life the D.iv ofGract and Hope,
is 4, 5, 6, 10.
LIFE M the time to serve the Lord,
The time i latere the great reward;
And whilt t)>e lamp held', out to burn
The vilest tinner mej return.
[Life is the hour that God has given
To '><■ ipe From hell, and flj to 'i--.i\<*n,
The da) of trace, and mortals may
Sei ure the bl ■ lay. J
The living know that they must die,
But all the dead forgotten lie.
Their menu r] e is sone,
Alike unknowing and unkn
I
[Their haired and their love is lest,
Their envy bury d in the dust J
Thej have no share in all that's done
Beneath the circuit of the sun.]
5
Then what my thoughts design to do,
My hands, with all your might pursue,
Since no device, nor work is found,
Nor faith, nor hope beneath the ground.
6
There are no aits of p.ir Ion past
In the COM giave to whu h we h.isie.
But darkness, death, and long despair
Reign in eternal sileme thei
636. Salem \39, Bedford 9\.
(Hymn 44. B.l. 2d Part. c.M.)
The true Iwtfmotmmt f Life.
AND is this life prolong^ to me I
Are days and seasons given f
O let me then prepare to Ik-
A titter heir of heaven.
In vain the>e moments shall not |
at golden hours be gone:
I accept thine offer'd
1 bow before thy throne.
Now cleanse my soul from every ::n
By my Redeemer's blood i
Now let raj liesh and soul begin
The honours of my God.
4
Let me no more my soul beguile
\\ uh sin's deceitful !
Let i heerful hope increasing still
Approach to heaven
My thankful lips shali loud proclaim
The wonders of thy
savour of thj name
\\ here'er I spend in) (\a\$.
6
i):» (. ai ih i-t n 'ne,
And when 1 le I
Maj he iven receive this tool of mine
To bliss tupresnerj .^ic-at.
0y. IV,-! h loj, Portugal 91.
vll)mn 46. B. 1. 1st Tait. L. M.)
The Piiv'hgesnf the Living above the Dead.
AW \KK, my Beat, awake, my love,
I o serve mj Savioui here below,
In woiks winch |>erfei t s.imUs above
And holy angels cannot do.
Awake, my charity to feed
The hungry soul, an. I clothe the p
In heaven are found no SOUS0
There all these dunes arc no in ire.
Subdue thy passions. () my
Maintain I pursue,
Daily thy rising tMI 1 1
And be tin victories ever new.
The land of triumph lies on
no foes i' encountn
Lord, 1 would conquer till I
•i!.h ail the gl
Let every Hying hour c
I gain tin gospel tush renow n ;
Ana when my lil
May I po.-sos the pi
638, 639
TIME AND ETERNITY.
640, 6U, 642
63 8 . Walsai 237, Bangor 23 1 .
(Hymn 39. B.2. CM.)
The Shortness and Misery of Life.
OUR days, alas! our mortal days
Are short and wretched too;
' Evil and few*, the patriarch says,
And well the patriarch knew.
2
* lis but at best a narrow bound
That heaven allows to men,
And pains and sins run through the round
Of ihrecscore years and ten.
3
Well, if yc must be sad and few,
Run on, my days, in haste ;
Moments of sin, and months of woe,
Ye cannot fly too fast.
4
Let heavenly love prepare my soul,
And call her to the skies.
Where years of long salvation roll,
And glory never dies.
* Gen xlvii. 9.
639. Bedford 91, Bath Chapel 76.
(Hymn --S. B.2. CM.)
The Shortness of Life, and the Goodness of
rr"MMF.' what an empty vapour 'tis!
JL And days how swift the} are!
Swift as an ladian arrow flies,
Or like a shooting star.
[The present moments just appear,
Then slide away in haste.
That we can never say, They're here,
But only sav, They're past.']
3
[Our life is ever on the wing,
And death is ever nigh;
The rrioraent when our lives begin
We all begin to die,]
4
Yet, mighty God, our fleeting days
Thy lasting fa\ours share,
Yet with the bounties of thy grace
Thou load'it the rolling year.
5
'Tis sovereign mercy finds us food,
And we are cluth'd with love;
While gra;e stands pointing out the road,
That leads our souls above.
6
His goodness runs an endless round;
All glory to the Lord :
His mercy never knows a bound,
And be his name ador'd!
7
Thus we begin the lasting song,
And when we close our eyes,
Let the next a^e thy praise prolong
Till time and nature dies.
C t0. Ludlow 84, Windsor 247.
(Psalm 14K ver. 3— 6". 2d Part. CM.)
The Vanity of Man, and Condescension of '
God.
LORD, what is man, poor feeble man,
Born of the earth at first!
His life a shadow, light and vain,
Still hasting to the dust.
2
O what is feeble dying man
Or any of his race,
That God should make it his concern
To visit him with grace!
3
That God who darts his lightnings down,
Who shakes the worlds above,
And mountains tremble a: his frown,
How wondcrous is his love.
641. Carolina l3,Charmouth2$,WindjorQ47.
(Psalm 39. ver. 4— 7. 2d Part. CM.)
The Vanity of Man as mortal.
EACH me the measure of my days,
T
1 bou maker of my frame;
1 would survey hie's nairow space,
And Learn how frail I am.
A span is all that we can boast,
An inch or two of time;
Man is but vanity and du-t
In all his (lower and prime.
3
See the vain race of mortals move
Like shadows o'er the plain;
They rage and strive, desire and love,
But all the noise is vain.
I
Some walk in honour's gaody show,
Some dig few i^olden ore,
They toil for heirs, they know not who,
And straight are seen no more
5
What should I wish or wait for tliert
From creatures, earth and dust i
They make our expectations vain,
And disappoint our trust.
6
Now I forbid my carnal hope,
My fond desires recall;
I give my mortal interest up,
And make my God my alL
612- Abridge 201, CharmouthQB,
London 180.
(Hymn 32. B. 2. CM.)
Frailty and Folly.
HOW short and hasty is our life !
How vast our souis ..
Yel senseless mortals vainly strive
To lavish out their years.
9
Our days run thoughtlessly along,
Without a moment's sta\ ,
Just like a story or a song
We pa^s our lives away.
TIME: \M) ETERNITY
a <>n Ugh invites ii- home,
But we march heedless on,
And ever hastening to the tuml),
stoop downrwards i> we iun.
l
I e deserve the deepen bell
I hat slight the joys above1
\\ nil i ihould we feel
That t)u-a'x such cordi of love:
5
Draw us, o God, with sovereign
And hti our thoughts on high,
Thai we DM] end this mortal race
An 1 we salvation nigh.
t,\.). dbritkjt U01, ( harmnuth '_'S,
(Hymn 55. B.*J. CM.)
Frail life at:,: Eternity.
THEE we adoic, eternal name,
An.! humbly own ti
How feeble U our mortal frame '
u hat dying wormi are we
w shorter <-tiii
n mths and days Increase ;
And evcrv beating pulse we tell
Leaves but the number kc
J
The year rolls round, and steals away
Trie breath that first it rave ;
w hate'er we do, where'ei we be,
WeYe travelling to the grave
4
I thick through all the ground
Uh u> to the i
And f'i ■ nt around
I 0 hurry mortals home.
,i what i Mender thread
everlasting th
ales or all the dead
.ire's teeble strings.
6
Infinite ioy or endless woe
Attends on every breath ;
And ret how naconci • n'd we go
l pon the brink ot death I
7
. () Lord, our drowsy sense
III vulb are huny'd hence
May they !>e found witti God!
Hrttfg»aoi,C<n , jhmt 56.
(Psalm 90. ver. 1—5. Isl Part. CM.]
o
ternal.
L'R God, our help in
Our hope ft r years to come,
Our shelter from the stormy blat.
And our eternal home.
Under the shadow ot thy throne
nts have rlwi ll
it is thine arm alone,
And our detencc is sure.
Before the hills in order stood,
Oi earth re en \\ her frame,
l rom everla lin , ll i
us the same.
4
Thy weed commands our flesh to dust,
.i/l :
All nations rose from earth at In-:,
And turn to earth again
A thousand ages m tl
Are like an t i
Shi rl at the watch thai ends the night
Before the rising sun.
6
[The busy tribes of flesh and blood
With all tlieir lives an I cares,
Are carry'd downwards bj th]
And lost in following years.
7
Time like an ever-rolling stieam
Hears all its -
They fly fbl fOtten 1 a dream
U;es at the opening day.
8
Like flowery fields the nations stand,
1 with the morning light;
The ih wen hen. -am the mower's hand
Lie withering ere 'tis night.]
9
Our God, our help In ages pat,
oar hope for yean lo
Be thou our guard while troubles last,
And our eternal home.
168, Ustick 71,
(Psalm 90. ver. 5, 10, 12. S. M.)
The Frailty and Shortness of Life.
LORD, what a teeble piece
i - thai our mortal frame!
Our life how poor a tnilc tic,
I ha; - the name !
r.r-t I
And every month, and every day
.ust.
Our momen,
ill our minut'
|u*t like a \ days
r
Well, if i ur days must fly,
He'll '■ Sep then end in -
We'd spend them all la
I their flight.
wafl us sooner o'er
\ tempestu
-hall reach die peacefel *h"re
Or b.est eternity.
Q.3
646,647,618 DEATH AND RESURRECTION.
649
646- Old Hundred 100, Wells\02.
(Hymn 13. B.2. L. M.)
The Creation, Preservation, Dissolution, and
Restoration of this World.
SING to the Lord that built the skies,
The Lord that rear'd this stalely frame ;
Let half the nations sound his praise,
And lands unknown repeat his name.
2
He form'd the seas, and form'd the hills,
Made every drop, and every dust,
Nature and time with all their wheels,
And piibh'd them into motion first.
Now from his high imperial throne
lie looks far down upon the spheres}
He bids the shining orbs roll on,
And round he turns our hasty years.
4
Thus shall this moving engine last
'Jill all his saints are gather'd in.
Then for the trumpet's dreadful blast
To shake it all to dust again !
5
Yet when the sound shall tear the skies,
And lightning burn the globe below,
Saints, you may lift your joyful eyes,
There's a new heaven and earth for you.
DEATH AND THE RESURRECTION.
647- Pauls 1\6,Wareham 117.
(Hymn 82. B.l. L.M.)
God far above Creatures ; or, Man vain and
mortal, Job. iv. 17—21.
SHALL the vile race of flesh and blood
Contend with their creator, God?
Shall mortal worms presume to be
More holy, wi^e, or just than he?
2
Behold he puts his trust in none
Of all the spirits round his throne ;
Their natures, when compar'd with his,
Are neither holy, just, nor wise.
3
But how much meaner things are they
Who spring from dust and dwell in clay!
Touch'd by the finger of thy wrath,
\V e faint and vanish like the moth.
4
From night to day, from day to night,
We die by thousands in thy sight;
Bury'd in dust whole nations lie
Like a forgotten vanity.
5
Almighty power, to thee we bow;
How frail are we, how glorious thou!
No more the sons of eaith shall dare
With an eternal God compare.
64 8. Paul's 246, Hotham 224.
(Psalm 90. L.M.)
Man mortal, and God eternal.
A Mournful Song at a Funeral.
THRO' every age, eternal God,
Thou art our rest, our safe abode ;
High was thy throne ere heaven was made,
Or earth thy humble footstool laid.
2
Long hadst thou reign'd ere time began,
Or dust was fa^liion'd to a man;
And long thy kingdom shall endure
When- earth and time shall be no more.
But man, weak man is born to die,
Made up of guilt and vanity:
Thy dreadful sentence, Lord, was just,
Return, ye sinners, to your dust.
4
[A thousand of our years amount
Scarce to a day in thine account;
Like yesterday's departed light,
Or the last watch of ending night.
PAUSE. Babylon Streams 23.
Death like an overflowing stream
Sweeps us away ; our life's a dream ;
An empty tale ; a morning flower
Cut down and wither'd in an hour.]
6
[Our age to seventy years is set ;
How short the termi' how frail the state!
And if to eighty we arrive,
We rather sigh and groan than live.
7
But O how oft thy wrath appears,
And cuts oft' our expected years!
Thy wrath awakes our humble dread ;
We fear the power that strikes us dead.}
8
Teach us, O Lord, how frail is man ;
And kindly lengthen out our span,
Till a wise care of piety
Fit us to die, and dwell with thee.
649- Ahgel's Hymn 60, Wareham 1 17.
(Psalm 102. 23—28. 3d Part. L.M.)
Man's Mortality and Chris fs Eternity ; or,
Saints die, but Christ and the Church live.
IT is the Lord our Saviours hand
\\ eakens our strength amidst the race;
Disease and death at his command
Arrest us, and cut short our days.
2
Spare us, O Lord, aloud we pray,
Nor let our sun go down at noon:
Thy years are one eternal day,
And must tin children die so soon?
650/651 DEATH AND RESURRECTION. 652,653,654
Yet in the midst ol death and grief
This thought oui sorrow ihail aatu
( krist i> .he s.une that' < tr/ v ,i£e.
I
Twh he iins earth1! foundation laid ;
Heaven ii the building <>i hii hand \
Thii earth grows old. these heave
And all be changed at bis command, fade,
>
The itaarj i attain ol the sky.
Like garments thail be laid aside;
Hui itill thy throne stands firm and high ;
Thy church tor ever must abide.
(i
Before tin tare thy church Oiall live,
Ami on tii) throne thi children reign;
This dying world shall they survive,
An . the dead saints be rais'd again,
(;;)0. Canterbury 199, Windsor 247.
(Hymn SS. B.2. CM.)
Death dreadful, nr delightful.
D\ Mil' "ii-. a melancholy day
I" those thai have no God,
\\ ben the poor soul is tore'd away
To seek her last afa
In vam to heaven she litis her eyes,
■ult, a heavy chain.
Still riu^. hei downward from the skies
k teas, are, and pain.
Awake and mourn, >e heirs of hell,
ibburn linnen
You must In: driv'n from earth, and dwell
\ long fur-ever there.
I
See how the pit gapes wide for you,
\;i ! Hashes in your tare,
And thou, my soul, look downwards too,
And smg recovering grace.
"ei«n love
1'h.ii pio;ni-.'d heaven to me,
And taught my thoughts to soar above,
Where happy spirits be.
6
ore me, Lord, for thy right hand,
Then <
. death, and some celestial band
To i
65 1- ibah 77, Gains-
borough 29.
(Hymn 17. B. 1. CM.)
Wo , 1 Cor. w. 55, Sec
OK)K an overcoming faith
ro i hi
'1 o triumph o'er the monster Death,
And all his frightful powers)
Joyful with all the strength 1 have
Sly quivering lips should
Where is thy boa.~. ve t
t'lgf
Ii sm be pardon'd I'm iei tire,
Death hath no stm.- beside;
vet mi Its damning power,
Hui Christ m> ransom dy'd.
4
Now to the God of \ i
Immortal thanks be paid,
w ho makes us oonqnerors while we die,
Thro1 Christ out living head.
65 _\ mtbourn Perl is-., Wiltshire no,
Providence 10.
(Hymn ti. B. 1. C.M.J
Triumph over Death, Job xix. Ti—T!.
GUI \T God, 1 own thy sentence just,
And nature must decay i
l yield mj bod] to the dust
To dwell with fellow-clay.
o
Vet faith may triumph o'er the grave,
And trample on the tombs:
M I RSIUj uiv Redeemer lives,
My Cod, my Saviour comes.
J
The mighty Conqueror shall appear
n a royal teat,
And Death the last of all his foes
Lie vanquish'd at his Beet.
1
• ;v worms devour my skin,
And gnaw my wasting flesh,
A ■ i (.od shall build my bones again,
lie clothes them all afresh.
5
Then si all I see thy lovely face
w ith strong immortal eyes,
i upon thy unknown grace
With pleasure and inrprise.
igor 231, Windsor 947.
Hymn 18. a. I. cm.)
lare thi Dead that die in the Lord,
Rev. v
HEAR wl ..t the voice from heaven pro-
For all the pious dead, [claims,
Sweet is the >a\our of then names,
And soil their sleeping bed.
They die in |esua and arc bless'd;
How kind their slumbers are I
From sufferings ind from sms releas'd,
An i freed i ..re.
3
Far from I ; il and strife,
They're present with the Luid ;
The labours Of their mortal life
Lnd in a Urge reward.
65 \- J n>neS s 163, Bedford 9\, Stat
(Hymn 49. B. 2. CM.)
Moses dying in the Embraces of God.
DEATH cannot make our souls a!
if God be with us there;
We ma\ walk thro her dai
And never yield U
655, 656
DEATH AND RESURRECTION.
658
1 could renounce my all below
If my Creator bid,
And run if I were call'd to go,
And die as Moses did.
3
Might I but climb to Pisgah's top,
And view the promis'd land,
My flesh itself should long to drop,
And pray for the command.
4
Clasp'd in my heavenly Father's arms
I would forget my breath,
And lo^e my life among the charms
Of so divine a death.
655. Irish 171, Bedford yi, Providence 10.
(Hymn 19. B. I. CM.)
The Song of Si/neon ; or, Death made
desirable, Luke ii. 27, bcc.
LORD, at thy temple we appear,
As happj Simeon came,
And hope to meet our Saviour here;
O make our joys the same !
2
W ith what divine and vast delight
The good old man was fiil'd,
mdlj in his wither'd arms
He clasp'd the ho!v child!
3
Now I can leave this world, he cry'd,
Behold thy servant dies,
U :hy great salvation, Lord,
And close my peaceful eyes.
4
This is the light prepared to shine
Upon the Gentile land:,
Thine Israel's glory and their h jpe
To break their slavish bands.
5
[Jesus, the vision of thy face
Hath overpowering charms,
Scarce shall 1 feel death's cold embrace
If Chiist be in mv arms.
'C
Then while ye hear my heart-strings brf.ak
How sweet my minutes roll!
A mortal pnJenea on my cheek,
And glory in my soul.^
G56- Cambridge New 74, Exeter 4,
Mill's Line 32.
(Hymn 66. B.2. CM.)
A Pro -pec: of 11 far en makes Death easy.
THERE is a land of pure delight
re saint-, immortal reign,
Infinite day excludes the night,
And pleasures banish pain.
2
There everlasting spring abides,
And never-wiinering flaw
Deaih li'-^e a narrow tea div
This heavenly land from ours.
3
[Sweet fields beyond the swelling flood
Stand diess a in living green :
So to ihe lews old Canaan stood,
\\ hile Jordan toll'd between.
But timorous mortals start and shrink
To cross this narrow sea,
And linger shivering on the brink,
And fear to launch away.
5
O ! could we make our doubts remove,
These gloom> doubts that rise,
And see the Canaan that we love,
With unbeclouded eyes!
6
Could we but climb where Moses stood,
And view the landscape o*er,
Not Jordan's stream, nor death's cold flood,
Should fright us from the shore.
657. Paul's 246, Babylon Streams 23.
(Hymn 31. B.2. L.M.)
Christ's Presence makes Death easy.
WHY should we start and fear to die?
What timorous worms we mortals
Death is the gate of endless joy, [are !
And yet we dread to enter there.
2
The pains, the groans, and dying strife,
Fright our approaching souls away j
Still we shrink back again to life,
Fond of our prison and our clav.
3
O, if my Lord would come and meet,
My soul should stretch her wings in haste,
Fly fearless thro' Deaths iron gate,
Nor feel the terrors as she past.
4
Tesus can make a dying bed
Feel soft as downy pillows are,
While on his breast I lean my head,
And breathe my life out sweetly there.
F58- Windsor 247, Anns 53.
(Hymn 27. B. 1. CM.)
Assurance of Heaven ; or, a Saint prepared
to die, 2 Tim. iv. 6—8, 18.
T~AEATH may dissolve my body now,
LX-/ And bear my spuit home;
Why do my minutes move so slow,
Nor my salvation come;
2
With heavenly weapons 1 have fought
The battles of the Lord,
Finished my course, and kept the faith,
And wait the sure reward.]
3
God has laid up in heaven for me
A crown which cannot fade;
The righteous Judge at that great day
Shall place it on my head.
4
Nor hath the Kin? of grace decreed
1 his priice for me alone;
But all that love and long to see
II. appearance of h.
5
Jesus the Lord shall guard me safe
From every ill design;
And to I is heavenly kingdom keep
This feeble soui of mine.
($9,660,661 DEATH AND RESURBECTIQN. I 2,66}
mv evcrla-ir
I hell -hall ra^e in vain;
aid,
men.
imnn 110. B. I . l M
■
TiOiisc not iiu ic with hands
Eternal and o
God shall bid I
i> prison of my day
Musi i
Then, <) mj foul, withjo]
Thy heavenly Father's rail.
3
ij his alought]
:.>rms thee til foi heaven,
.: nest of the p
Has ! given.
k by faith of j
Faith livi> upon lus word ;
But while the body is our home
We're absent fiom the Lord.
5
Tis pleasant to believe thy grace,
But we hud rathe;
We wool
And present, Lord, with Uiee.
B i. lit Part. L.M.)
from the Bo i a ith the
Am fk-sh! O blissful thought,
\\ hat unknown joys this moment
liefs »in hi* i :
1 .mi all their springs.
j
» : from flesh? illustrio'.
ene! triumphant sti
i of m> da] ,
; And 1 can teel iny fetters broke.
Qeshl then ri><» my soul
p could never climb,
I
and joys ot time.
*
-'line,
, For angel* wait and point n.
(Mil- Canterbury 1>*>, /W>n 180.
IImv.i I ! C M.)
The Death rf .t y »
Mi awful subjects roll,
lead;
\ «oul
, lx;d !
Imperii-, mortal chores
.
i wuh rapid fi
Ueaih sweeps the wretch away.
J
id dreadful she descend!
to the fiery i
liable fiends,
igfatfuJ ghost.
There endless crowds of sinners lie,
And dal - their chains ;
Tortur'd v (| .in the] uy,
Yet wait for fiercer pains.
Not ad their anguish anil their bio- I
Tor iheir old guilt .. :
Nor the companions of .
Shall hearken to their gr> ..
ti
,'race, thai kept my breath,
i mv soul remove,
Till I ha! learn 'd nil Saviour's death,
And well insur'd nil love:
■■ >/'//./ 13, WtM hmr 247, Bangor 23T.
(Hymn J. B.2. CM.)
1 >?h mdBwrialtfa Siint.
WHY do we mourn departing friends r
Or shake at death's ■
Tis but the voice that Jesus sends
. . them to In* anus.
Are we not tending upward too
n ish the hours more slow
To keep us from our love.
J
ild we tremble to convey
Their bodies to the i
is lay,
ng perfume <
I
Bts he bless'd,
. the dying members
But with the I
Thence he aio^e, as< ertdin|
our feet the a
Up to i fesh sluil tly
At il
Then let the last loud trumpet sound,
And bid our kindred n>e;
. e nations under ground,
!■ xmsion llfi.
(Hymn 47. B.I. C
Death of K:nJr<\l h-
•idsand kindred drop and die!
M
And helpers be withdrawn'
row with a weepinf eye
Counts up our comforts £one '
664, 665
DEATH AND RESURRECTION.
666, 661
Be thou our comfort, mighty God!
Our helper and our friend :
Nor leave us in this dangerous road,
Till all our trials end.
3
O may our feet pursue the way
Our pious fathers led!
With love and holy zeal obey
The counsels of the dead.
4
Let us be wean'd from all below,
Let hope our grief expel,
While death invites our souls to go
Where our best kindred dwell.
664- Windsor '247, Elenborough 170.
(Hymn 28. B. 2. CM.)
Death and Eternity .
STOOP down my thoughts, that use to rise,
Converse awhile with death :
Think how a gasping mortal lies,
And pants away his breath.
2
His quivering lip hangs feebly down,
His pulses faint and few,
Then, speechless, with a doleful groan
lie bids the world adieu.
3
But, O the soul that never dies !
At once ii It^vc:. the ciao !
Ye thoughts, pursue it where it flies,
And Hack its won-Jerous way.
4
Up to the courts where angels dwell,
It mounts triumphing theie,
Or devils plunge it down to hell
In infinite despair.
5
And must my body faint and die?
And must this soul remove?
O for some guardian angel nigh
To bear it safe above!
6
Jesus, to thy dear faithful hand
My naked soul I trust,
And my tiesh waits for thy command
To drop into my dust.
665. Windsor OAT, Carolina 13, Bangor23l.
(Hymn 61. B. 2. C. M.)
A Thought of Death and Glory.
MY soul, come meditate the day,
And think how near it stands,
When thou must quit this house of clay,
And fly to unknown lands.
2
[And you, mine eyes, look down and view
The hollow gaping tomb,
This gloomy prison waits for you,
Whene'er the summons come.]
3
O could we die with those that die,
And place us in their stead,
Then would our spirits learn to fly,
And converse with the dead :
Then should we see the saints above,
In their own glorious forms,
And wonder why our souls should love
To dwell with mortal worms.
5
[How we should scorn these clothes of flesh,
These fetters and this load !
And long for evening to undress,
That we may rest with God. J
6
We should almost forsake our clay
Before the summons come,
And pray, and wish our souls away
To their eternal home.
666- Carolina 13, Windsor Ml, Elen-
borough 170.
(Hymn 63. B.2. CM.)
A Funeral Thought.
HARK ! from the tombs a doleful sound,
My ears attend the cry,
' Ye living men, come view' the ground
' Where you must shortly lie.
' Princes, this clay must be your bed,
' In spite of all your towers;
' The tall, the wise, the reverend head
1 Must lie as low as ours.'
3
Great God, is this our certain doom?
And are we still secure?
Still walking downward to our tomb,
And yet prepare no more?
4
Grant us the powers of quickening grace
To rit our souls to fly,
Then, when we drop this dying flesh,
We'll rise above the sky.
667- Rippon's 188, Hothatn 224, Paul's 246.
(Hymn 24. B. 1. L.M.)
The rich Sinner dying, Psalm xlix. 6, 9.
Eccl. viii. 8. Job ui. 14, 15.
IN vain the wealthy mortals toil,
And heap their shining dust in vain,
Look down and scorn the humble poor,
And boast their loftv hills of gain.
2
Their golden cordials cannot ease
Their pained hearts or aching heads,
Nor fright nor bribe approaching death
From glittering roofs and downy beds.
The lingering, the unwilling soul
The dismal summons must obey,
And bid a long a sad faiewcl
To the pale lump of lifeless clay.
Thence they are huddled to the grave,
Where king's and slaves have equal thrones.
Their bones without distinction lie
Amongst the heap of meaner bones.
668, 669
DEATH AND RESURRECTION.
670,
Kingsbridgt 88, Pants 246.
(Psalm 49. L.M.)
The rich Sinnei *t Dt a/h, and the Saint's
Kesm ration.
WHY do the proud insult the poor,
Ami boat) ilu- large estates the) have
Ho* v.»m are riches to lecure
Theii ha igluy owners from the grave:
in'l redeem one hour from death,
v* ah all the wealth rn Which they ti u^t ;
Nor jive a dying brother breath,
\\ hen God commands hrm down to dost.
3
There ihe daik earth and dismal shade
shall clasp theii naked bodies round ;
That flesh, so delicately fed,
I los cold, and moulders in the ground.
I
nightless sheep the sinner dies,
1 a:il in the grave for worms to eat •
■- »iiaii m the morning rise,
And liiid th1 Oppressor at then feet.
8
lit- honours perish in the dust,
Ami pomp and beauty, birth and blood:
That glorious day evaits the just
To full dominion o'er the proud.
6
iour shall my life restore,
And raiv.- mi tuna my dark abode;
ih and soul shall part no more,
But dwell for cur near my God.
' dnm>s 58, Brigttteia$ttome 908.
Psalm 40. ret. 6—14. 1st Part. C. M.
Pridt and Death ; or, the Vanity of Life and
Riekts.
~\\ "IIV doth the man of riches grow
VV To insolence and pride,
lo see Mt wealth and honours flow
With every rising tide?
[Why doth he treat the poor with scorn
M tdt ol the self-same clay,
And boaat as tin)' his flesh was bom
:tt*r dust than they! |
3
isures can procure
His m>uI I short rep.
m tn m death one guilty hour,
()i make his brother live.
1 [Life is a blessing can't be
The ransom is too huh ;
Justice will ne'er be brnVd with gold
■San may nevi .
rid the wise,
UttlOTOUS and the I I
(fcuii I . their eyes,
And hasten t<> the grave.
Yet 'tis his inward thought and pride, —
ever standi
' And thai my name maj long abide,
' I'D put it t. mj land.'
his thoughts, his hopes are lost,
How soon his memory dies'
His name is written in the dust
w here his own can i e lies.
P \i SE.
This is the folly ol their way;
vain,
Approve the words theii fatiw i
And act their works again.
9
Men void of wisdom and of grace,
It honoui raise them high,
Live like the beast, a thoughtless race,
And like the beast they die.
10
[Laid in the grave like silly sheep,
Death feeds upon them there,
Till (he last trumpet break then sleep
In tenoi and despair.]
670- Abridge 201, 'James's 163.
(Psalm 49. ver. 14, 15. fed Part. CM.)
Death ami the Resurrection.
YE sons of pride that hate the just,
And trample on the poor,
v\ hen death has brought > ou down to dust,
Your pomp shall rise no more.
2
The last great day s!u!l change the scene;
when will ihai hour appear?
V\ hen shall thejust revive, and reign
O'er all that scorn 'd them here!
3
(iod will my naked goal receive,
When sep'raie from the flesh;
And break the prison of the giave
To raise mv bones afresh.
4
Heaven i- mj everlasting home,
l if inheritance is sine ,
Lei men ot pride thtii rage resume,
but I'll tepine no more.
67 1. Rippon's 188, Hotham 224.
[Psalm 89. ver. 47, let. 6th Part. L.M.)
Mortality and Hope.
A I uncial Psalm.
REMEMBi R, I i rd, oui mortal state.
How hail our life! how short the date!
u here is the man thai draws his breath
■ure from death!
I
Lord, while we see whole nations die,
.nu\ sense n pine and cry,
• Musi death for ever rage and re
1 Oi ha-t thou made mankind in vain*
1 \a here is thy promise to ihe just!
' Are not thy servants tuin'd to du
But faith forbids these mi urnful 'ighs,
And sees the sleeping dust aiisi .
4
That glorious hour, that dreadful day
\nd dean toe honour ol thj i
Awake, Di.1 v a.-, aiiJ b a? is the Lord.
612, 673
DEATH AND RESURRECTION.
674, 675
672 Jennings's 123, Old Hundred and
Thirteenth 215.
(Psalm 89. ver. 47, &c. Last Part.)
As the 113th Psalm.
Life, Death, and the Resurrection.
THINK, mighty God, on feeble man,
How few his hours, how short his span !
Short from the cradle to the grave:
Who can secure his vital breath
Against the bold demands of death,
With skill to fly, or power to save?
2
Lord, shall it be for ever said,
• The race of man was only made
' For sickness, sorrow, and the dust r
Are not thy servants day by day
Sent to their graves, and turn'd to clay?
Lord, where s thv kindness to thejust?
3
Hast thou not promis d to thy Son
And all his seed a heavenly crown?
But flesh and sense indulge despair j
Tor ever blessed be the Lord
That faith can read his holy word,
And find a resurrection there.
4
For ever blessed be the Lord,
Who gives his saints a long reward
For all their toil, reproach and pain ;
Let all below and all above
Join to proclaim thy wonderous love,
And each repeat their loud Amen.
673. Wareham 117, Angel's Hymn 60.
(Psalm 16. 3d Part. L.M.)
Courage in Death, and Hope of the Resur-
rection.
WTIEN God is nigh, my faith is strong;
His arm is my almighty prop :
Be glad, my heart; rejoice, my tongue,
Wv dying tiesh shall rest in hope.
2
Tho' in the dust I lay my head,
Yet, gracious God, thou' wilt not leave
My soul for ever with the dead,
Nor lose thy children in the grave.
3
My flesh shall thy first call obey,
Shake off the dust, and rise on high ;
Then shalt thou lead the wonderous way
Up to thy throne above the .
4
There streams of endless pleasure flow;
And full discoveries o; thy grace
(Which we but tasted here below)
Spread heavenly Joys thro'ali the place.
67 1 • Whitfield 168, Broderip's 252.
(Hymn 110. B. 2. S.M.)
Triumph over Death in Hope of the Resur.
ration.
AND must this body die?
This mortal frame decay ?
And must these active limbs of 'mine
Lie mouldering in the clav?
2
Corruption, earth and worms,
Shaii but rei:ne this t.esh,
Till my triumphant spirit comes
To put it on afresh.
3
God my Redeemer lives,
And often from the skies
Looks down and watches all my dust,
Till he shall Lid it rise.
4
Arfay'd in glorious grace
Shall these vile bodies shine,
And every shape and every face
Look heavenly and divine.
5
These lively hopes we owe
To Jesii;.' dying love;
We would adore his g;ace below,
And sing his power above.
6
Dear Lord, accept the praise
Of the/e our humble songs,
Till tunes of nobler sound we raise
With our immortal tongues.
675- Babylon Streams 23.
(Hymn 102 B. 2. L.M.)
A hal py Resurrection.
NO, I'll repine at death no more,
but with a cheerful gasp resign
To the cold dungeon of the giave
These dying withering limbs of mine.
2
Let worms devour my wasting fiesh,
And crumble all my bones to dust.
My God shall raise my frame at.ew
At the revival of thejust.
3
Break, sacred morning, thro' the skies,
Ering that delightful, dreadful day,
Cut short the hours, dear Lord, and come,
Thv lingering wheels, how long thev stay !
4
^Our weary spirits faint to see
The light of thy returning face,
And hear the language of those lips
Where God has shed his richest grate.
^Haste then upon the wings of love
Rouse all the pious sleeping clay.
That we may join in heavenly jms,
And sing the triumph of the day.j
DAY OF JUDGMENT.
| . '. 1 17.
no 63 B. i. 1
. \iom< of the World b*cmM ■
\i. i — i&
LV V the »eventh angel sound <>n
heard ihru' all the kky ;
Kingi »it tlie ea: I accord
Give up
Almighty God, thy power i->ume,
N bo wast, ana art, and art to come :
lesus, the Lamb, who once va
For ever live, tor ever reign.
3
The angry nations fiet and roar,
That the* can tray the saints no more;
On w. i, r (tie- our I
To pay the long arrears of bl
I
Now mu-t the rising dead appear,
Now the decisive sentence hear;
Now the dear martyrs of the Lord
. an infinite reward.
(Piahni'7. ver. 1—3. 1st Tart. 1
: reigning in Heaven, and c m
Judgment.
HF r !. the Saviour reigns;
i et the •*
Deep are his counsels and unknown ;
But grace and truth support his throne:
an t,
at ground.
3
In robes of judgment, lor he comes,
e eanh,and cleaves the tombs ;
-im burns devouring tire.
The mountains melt, the teas retire.
\
His enemies, with <ore dismay,
Fly from the slight, ar 1 shun the
Then lift your beads, >e saints, on
And »mg, tor your redemption's i.
678- tfafrfi 204, Wt lto*31.
lH;mn 109. B.'J. CM.)
Tht everi.i.-tit, % A J inioluablt.
Twful day trill -u' -ly come,
TV appointed hour maV^s ha«te,
I most stand before my Judge,
And part ihe solemn te^t.
Ihou l<
Pronounce the sou i :
[The thunder of that dismal word
I -o torment my ear,
Twoold trar my wal asunder, Lord,
With most tormenting rear.j
What to be banish Vl from my life,
And yet forbid to die !
To linger in eternal •
Yet death for ever ly.'J
5
,ed state of deep despair.
e mj God remove,
Anl fix my doleful station where
1 must not taste his love.
6
Jesus, I throw my arms around,
And hang upon thy brea-t ;
Without i nile from thee
Mj spirit cannot re^t.
O: tell me that my worthless nam?
..en on iliy hat
-ome promise in thy book
8
[Give me one kind assuring word
-in ;
.1 sliall wait
Her in and ten.]
71.
(futeA 1st Part. CM.)
T T "I ni my whole heart I'll rai-c n
> V 1 J ■<■■ iiders I'll pro.
• creign Judge of right and wronj
W lit put my foes to -
ires his throne
To judge the woild in righte< U
And make his vengeance known.
3
Then shall the lord a refuge prove
For nil the poor op
To save the people ot hi» love,
And give me -
4
The men, that know thy nam
In thy abundant gi
For thou hast ne'er foil
\\ ho humblv seek thv face.
S
•
v\ ha executes his threatening
And doth his gia.e fultil.
R
680, 631
DAY OF JUDGMENT.
682, 683
680- Canterbury 199, Tunbridge 103,
London 180.
(Hymn 45. B. f. CM )
The last Judgment, Rev. xxi. 5 — 8.
SEE where the great incarnate God
Fills a majestic throne,
While from the skies his awful voice
Bears the last judgment down.
2
[' I am the first, and 1 the last,
' Thru' endless years the same;
'1AM is my memorial still,
4 And lm eternal name.
3
* Such favours as a God can give
' My royal grace bestows;
1 Ye thirsty sr.uls, come taste the streams
• \\ here life and pleasure flows.]
4
[' The saint that triumphs o'er his sins,
' I'll own him for a son,
1 The whole creation shall reward
' The conquests he has won.
S
' But bloody hands, and hearts unclean,
' And all the lying race,
' The faithless, and the scoffing crew,
' That spurn at offer'd grace;
6
' They shall be taken from my sight,
' Bound fast in iron chains,
'And headlong plung'd into the lake
1 v\ here lire and darkness reigns.']
7
O may I stand before the Lamb,
W hen earth and seas are fled!
And hear the Judge pronounce my name
With blessings on my head!
8
May I with those for ever dwell
\S ho here were my delight,
\\ liile sinners banish 'd down to hell
No more offend my sight.
68 1- Canterbury 199, London 180,
James's 163.
(Psalm 50. ver. 1—6. 1st Part. C. M.)
The last Judgment ; or, the Saints rewarded.
THE Lord, the judge before his throne,
Bids the whole earth draw nigh,
The nations near the rising sun,
And near the western sky.
2
No more shall bold blasphemers say,
' Judgment will ne'er begin,'
No more abuse Ms long delay
To impudence and sin.
3
Thrond on a cloud our God shall come,
Bright flames prepare I is way,
Thunder and darkness, ftre and storm,
Lead on the dreadful day.
Heaven from above lis call shall hear,
Attending angels come,
And earth and hell shall know, and fear,
His justice, and their doom.
5
' But gather all my saints,' he cries,
' That made their peace with God,
' By the Redeemer's sacrifice,
• And seal'd it with his blood.
6
' Their faith and works brought forth to light
' Shall make the world confess
' My sentence of reward is right,
' And heaven adore my grace.'
682- Abridge 201, Ann's 58, Charmouth 28.
(Ps. 50. v. 1,5,8, 16,21,22. 3d Pt. CM.)
The Judgment of Hypocrites.
WHEN Christ tojudgment shall descend,
And saints surround their Lord,
He calls the nations to attend,
And hear his awful word.
S
' Not for the want of bullocks slain
1 Will I the world reprove;
' Altars and rites, and forms are vain,
' Without the fire of love.
3
' And what have hypocrites to do
' To bring their sacrifice?
' They call my statutes just and true,
' But deal in theft and lies.
4
' Could you expect to 'scape my sight,
' And sin without controul?
• But I shall bring your crimes to light,
' With anguish in your soul.'
5
Consider, ye that slight the Lord,
Before his wrath appear;
If once you fall beneath his sword,
There's no deliverer there.
68 3.
(Psalm 50. To a new Tune.)
The last Judgment.
THE Lord, the sovereign sends his sum-
mons forth,
Calls the south nations,and awakes the north ;
From east to west the sounding orders spread
Thro' distant worlds and regions of the dead :
No more shall atheists mock his long delay ;
His vengeance sleeps no more : behold the
day!
2
Behold the judge descends; his guards are
nigh;
Tempest and fire attend hrm down the sky :
Heaven, earth and hell draw near; let all
things come
ro hear his justice and the sinner's doom:
'But gather first my saints' \ the judge com-
mands)
' Bring them, ye angels, from their distant
lands.'
DAY OF JIDCMIA I.
684
3
• Behold I my covenant -lands tor ever good
: by th1 cienul tacrince in l .
' And -ign'd with all then names; the O reek,
* the Jew,
• I hat paid the ancient voohtvof the new,
1 1 here's no distinction here . I (MM, spread
' tluir Ihr
' And near ine Rat my favourite! and my
4
• I their almighty Sa\ u>ur and their God,
•I am their judge: >e heavens proclaim
4 abi
-.ai sentence, and declare
awtul irutlb tluit sinners dread to
' hear:
' Sinners in /ion, tremble and retire;
• 1 do<>tn the painted hypocrite to hre.
" Not lor the want of goats or bullocks slain
• D^> 1 condemn thee ; bulls and goats arc
' \a:n,
' Without the riaines of love: in vain the
4 store
4 Of brutal offerings that were mine before ;
' Mine are the tamer beasts ana
4 breed,
. herds, and fields, and forests where
' they feed.
6
• If 1 were hungry would 1 ask thee food !
4 When did 1 thirst, or dunk thy bullocks
1 blood ?
1 Can 1 be Matter'd with thy cringing bows,
L'inn chaitermgs and tantasuc vows i
4 Are my eves charra'd thv vestments to be-
4 hold,
4 Glaring in gems, and gav in woven gold?
4 Unthinking wretch; how couldst thou hope
4 to p
• A God, a spirit, with such toys as these ;
4 While widi my grace and statutes on thy
4 tongue,
' Thou lovM deceit, and dost thy brother
' wrong ;
4 In vain to piou* forms thj zeal pretends,
4 Thieves and adulterers arc thy cho»en
4 friends.
8
1 Silent I waited with long-suffering love,
• But didst thou hope that I should ne'er re-
' prove '
• And cherish such an impious thought within
• That God the righteous would indulge thy
• Behold my terrors now my thunders roll,
• And thy own crimes affright thy guilt v soul.'
c>
Sinners, awake betimes; ye fools, be wise;
Awake before this dreadful morning rise;
Change your vain thoughts, your crooked
works amend,
Fly to the Saviour, make the judge your
friend ;
Lest like a lion his last vengeance tear
Your trembling souls, and no deliverer near.
: Old Fiftieth •233.
(Psalm W. To the old proper Tune.)
The List Judgment.
T11K God ot glory sends his summons
torih.
Calls the south nations.and awakes t lie north ;
FrovearttOWCM the sovereign orders spread
Thro' distant worlds and regions of the dead :
Ihr truni[K-t sounds; hell trembles; hca\en
rejoices;
Lift up your beads, ye saints, with cheerful
voices.
No more shall atheists mock his long delay ;
His fengeaace sleeps no more; behold the
day ;
Behold the 'judge descends; his guards are
nigh;
Tempests and lire attend him down the sky.
When Ood api>ears, all nature shall adore
him;
While sinners tremble, saints rejoice before
him:
3
4 Heaven, earth, and hell draw near; let all
4 things come
' To hear my justice and the sinners doom ;
• But gather nrst my saints,' the judge com-
mands
' Bring them, ve angels, from their distant
4 lands':'
Wlien Chnst returns, wake even cheerful
passion.
And shout, ye saints; he comes for your sal-
vauon.
4
4 Behold my covenant stan is for ever good,
4 Seal'd by th' eternal sacrifice in blood,
4 And sign'd with all their names; the
v. the Jew,
'That paid the ancient worship or the new.'
There's no distinction here: join all your
voices,
And raise your heads, ye saints, for heaven
rejoices.
5
• Here,'saith the Lord, 4 ye angels, spread
' their thrones,
4 And near me set my favourites and my
4 sons :
• Come, my redeem'd, possess the joys pre-
1 par'd
1 Ere time began; 'tis your divine reward;'
When Christ returns, wake every cheerful
passion ;
And shout, ve saints, he comes for vour sal-
P.U SE I.
4 1 am the Saviour, 1 th' almighty God,
• 1 am the judge: ye heavens, proclaim
abroad
' My just eternal sentence, and de;lare
4 Those awful truths that sinners dread to
4 hear :'
When G(h1 appears, all nature shall adore
him;
While sinners tremble, saints rejoice before
him.
B I
684
HELL AND HEAVEN.
685
1 Stand forth, thou bold blasphemer and
' profane,
1 Now feel my wrath, nor call my threaten-
' ings vain :
'Thou hypocrite, oncedrest in saint's attire,
' 1 doom the painted hypocrite to fire :'
Judgment proceeds; hell trembles; heaven
rejoices ;
up your heads, ye saints, with cheerful
\oices.
8
' jNot for the want of goats or bullocks slain
' Do 1 condemn thee ; bulls and goats are
' vain
• Without the flames of love : id vain the
' store
1 Of brutal offerings that were mine before :'
Efttth is the Lord's; all nature shall adore
him;
Wliile sinners tremble, saints rejoice before
him.
9
• If I were hungry, would I ask thee food ?
'When did 1 thirst? or drink thy bullocks
' blood r
i Mine are the tamer beasts and savage breed,
j Flocks, herds, and fields, and forests where
' they feed:'
All is the Lord's ; he rules the wide creation ;
Gives sinners vengeance, and the saints sal-
vation.
10
'Can I be flatter'd with thy cringing bows,
' Thy solemn cluttering* and fantastic vows?
' Are mv eves charm 'd thy vestments to be-
' ' hold,
1 Glaring in gems, and gay in woven gold;'
God is the judge of hearts; rjo fair disguises
Can screen the guilty when his vengeance
rises.
PAUSE II.
'Unthinking wretch! how couldst thou
' hope to please
« A God, a spirit, with such toys as these ?
' Wliile with my grace and statutes on thy
' tongue,
1 Thou lov'st deceit, and dost thy brother
' wrong?'
Judgment proceeds; hell trembles; heaven
rejoices;
Lift up your heads, ye saints, with cheerful
voices :
1-2
' In va:n to pious forms thy zeal pretends,
1 Thieves and adulterers are thy chosen
' friends ;
' While the lalse flatterer at my altar waits,
' Hisharden'd soul divine instruction hates.'
God is the judge of hearts; no fair disguises
Can screen the guilty when his vengeance
rises. 13
' Silent I waited with long-suffering love ;
1 But didst thou hope that i should ne'er re-
1 prove f
' And cherish such an impious thought
' within,
' That the All Holy would indulge thy sin?'
See,God appears; all nature join t'adorehim;
Judgment proceeds, and sinners fall before
him. 14
' Behold my terrors now ; my thunders roll,
' And thy own crimes affright thy guilty soul;
' Now h!ce a lion shall my vengeance tear
' Thy bleeding heart, and no deliverer near:'
Judgment concludes; hell trembles; heaven
rejoices;
Lift up your heads, ye saints, with cheerful
voices.
EP1PHONEMA.
' Sinners, awake betimes; ye fools, be wise;
' Awake before this dreadful morning rise :
' Change your vain thoughts, your crooked
' works amend,
' Fly to the Saviour, make the judge your
' friend:'
Then join the saints; wake every cheerful
passion ;
When Christ returns, he comes for your
salvation.
HELL AND HEAVEN.
685- Paul's 2\6. Angel's Hymn 60,
Babylon Streams 23.
(Hymn 44- B.2. L.M.)
Hell ; or, the Vengeance of God.
WITH holy fear and humble song,
The dreadful God our souls adore ;
Reference and awe becomes the tongue
That speaks the terrors of his power.
2
Far in the deep where darkness dwells,
The land of horror and despair,
Justice has built a dismal hell.
And laid her stores of vengeance there.
[Eternal plagues and heavy chains,
Tormenting racks and fiery coals,
And darts t' inflict immortal pains
Dy'd in the blood of damned souls.]
4
[There Satan the first sinner lies,
And roars, and bites his iron bands ;
In vain the rebel strives to rise,
Crush'd with the weight of both thine hands.]
5
There guilty ghosts of Adam's race
Shriek out, and howl beneath thy rod ;
Once they could scorn a Saviour's grace.
Bui they incens'd a dreadful God.
68G, 687
r.
Treml te( aaj soul, and kis< the Son ;
SinmrN obe\ the "saviour's call i
I In- \ our damnation hastens on,
And hell gai** wide to wait your tail.
(iSo'- Gainsborough <*\ (on,l< c,n ion 116.
(Hymn 103. B. 1. C. M.)
Heaven irni ibk and kofyt 1 Cor. ii. 9, 10.
Kcv. x\i. .','.
NOR eye has seen, nor Mr Ii as heard,
Nor mite nor reason known
What joys tlic Father has prepar'd
Tor those that love the Son.
o
But the Rood Spirit of the Lord
Reveals a heaven to come :
The iH-anv ofglon in his word
Allure and guide u, home.
Pure are the joys above the sky,
\nd all the region I
No wanti'ii hps, nor envious eye
Can see or taste the bhss.
4
Those holy gates for ever bar
Pollution, sin, and shame ;
None shall obtain admittance there
But followers of the Lamb.
5
He keeps the Father *! book of life,
There all their name:, are round ;
'1 he hypocrite in vain shall strive
To tiead the heavenly ground.
ilfphzibak 77, Cambridge New 7 1.
(Hymn 86. B.^!. CM.)
Freedom from Sin and Misery in Heaven.
OUR sins, alas, how strong they be!
And like a violent sea
They break our duty, Lord, to thee,
And hurry us avva\ .
jjj
The waves of trouble how they rise I
Mow loud the tempests roar
leath shall land our weary souls
Safe on the heavenly shore.
3
There to fulfil his sweet commands
Our speedy feet shall mine,
hall clog our winged zeal,
Or cool our burning love.
I
There shall we sit, and sing, and tell
The wonders of his grace,
Till heavenly raptures fire our hearts,
And smile in every face.
5
For ever his dear sacred name
shall dwell upon our tongue,
And Jesus and Salvation be
The
HEW I.N.
close of ever> song.
688,
688. Islington 40, Derby 169.
, Ihmn ft K. I. 1..M.)
The Bu HUH and Messed/ass of glorified
Sain/,, Rev. v:i. 1
' \X/r,1A ' MPPJ "u'n."r angels, these
VV ' That all their robes are spotless
4 white?
1 Whence did this gloriout troop n
1 At the puie leahnso! heavenly lit'U"
•2
From tort'ring racks and burning fires,
And seas ol iheir own blood ihrj came;
But nobler blood has w.i-h'd their ro!n;s,
Flowing from Christ the dying Lamb.
3
Now they approach th' Almighty throne,
wuh loud hosanhas night and day,
Sweet Anthems to the great Three One
Measure their bless'd eternity.
4
No more shall hunger pain their souls,
He bids then parching thirst be gone,
And spreads the shadow of his wings
1 o screen them from the scorching sun.
5
The Lamb that (ills the middle throne
Mull shed around his milder beams,
'1 here shall they feast on Ins rich love,
And drink full joys trom living streams.
(.
'Thus shall their mighty bliss renew
Thro' the vast round ol endless years,
And the soft band of sovereign Grace
Heals all their wounds, and wipes their tears.
689- Cetlkbridgt Wtw14, Providence 10.
(Hymn 41. B 1. CM.)
The tame ; or, the Martyrs glorified^
Rev. \ii 13, \.c
"TTIESE glorious minds, how blight they
JL ' W lie nee all their while array, [shine!
4 How came they to the happ] seats
1 Of everlasting day?'
From tort'ring pains to endless joys
On herj wheels they rode,
And strangely wash'd their raiment white
In Jesus" d>ing blood.
3
Now they approach a spotless God,
An 1 bow before his throne;
Their warbling harps and sacred sonjs
Ad rre the Hotj <);i"
4
The unveil'd glories of his face
Amongst his saints reside,
While the rich treasiir'- of his grace
Sees all their wants supplv'd.
:>
Tormenting thirst shall leave their souls,
And hunger tlee as fast ;
The frttil or life's immortal tree
Shall be their sweet repast.
6
The Lamb shall lead his heavenly flock
W here living founia:
And Love divine shall wipe away
'lite soi row > of then
R J
690, 691
HEAVEN.
692
600- Irish 111, El>m 1 5 1 , H ammond 226.
(Hymn 33. B.2. CM.)
The Blessed Society in Heaven.
RAISE thee, my soul, fly up, and run
Thro' every heavenly street,
And say, There's nought below the sun
That's worthy of ihv feet.
2
[Thus will we mount on sacred wings,
And tread the courts above;
Nor earth, nor all her mightiest things
Shall tempi our meanest love.
3
There on a high majestic throne
Th' Almighty Father reigns,
And sheds his glorious goodness down
On all the blissful plains.
4
Bright like a sun the Saviour sits,
And spreads eternal noon,
No evenings there, nor gloomy nights,
To want the feeble moon.
Amidst those ever-shining skie*
Behold the sa'.red Dove,
While banish'd sin and sorrow flies
From all the realms of love.
6
The glorious tenants of the place
Stand bending round the throne;
And saints and seraphs sing and praise
The infinite Three One.
7
[But O what beams of heavenly grace
Transport them all the while!
Ten thousand smiles from Jesus' face,
And love in every smile !]
8
Jesus, and when shall that dear day,
That joyful hour appear,
When 1 shall leave this house of clay
To dwell amongst them there »
09 1 • E/im 151, Bath Chapel 26, Stillman 66.
(Hymn 68. B.2. CM.)
The humble Worship of Heaven.
FATHER, I long, 1 faint to see
The ^rtace of thine abode,
I'd leave thy earthly courts and flee
Up to thy seat, mv God !
2
Here I behold thy distant face,
And 'tis a pleasing sight;
But to abide in thine embrace
is infinite delight.
3
I'd part with all the joys of sense
To gaze upon thy throne ;
Pleasure springs fresh for ever thence,
Unspeakable, unknown.
4
[There all the heavenly hosts are seen,
In shining ranks they move,
An 1 ririr.k immortal vigour in,
V) ill) wonder and with love.
Then at thy feet with awful fear
Th' adoring armies fall ;
With joy they shrink to nothing there,
Before th' eternal All.
6
There I would vie with all the host
In duty and in bliss,
While less than nothing 1 could boast
And vanity * confess.]
7
The more thy glories strike mine eyes,
The humbler 1 shall lie;
1 ius wlnle 1 sink, my joys shall rise
Unmeasurably high.
* Isaiah xl. 1".
692- Mm 151, Liverpool 83, Stillman 66.
(Hymn 91. B.2. CM.)
The Glory of Christ in Heaven.
OTHE delights, the heavenly joys,
The glories of the place
Where Jesus sheds the brightest beams
Of his o*erflowing grace!
Sweet majesty and awful love
Sit smiling on his brow,
And all the glorious ranks above
At humble distance bow.
3
[Princes to his imperial name
Bend their bright sceptres down,
Dominions, thrones, and powers rejoice
To see him wear the crown.]
4
Archangels sound his lofty praise
Through every heavenly street,
And lay their highest honours down
Submissive at his feet.
5
Those soft, those blessed feet of his
That once rude iron tore,
High on a throne of light they stand,
And all the saints adore.
6
His head, the dear majestic head
That cruel thorns did wound,
See what immortal glories shine,
And circle it around.
This is the man, th' exalted man
Whom we unseen adore;
But when our eyes behold his face,
Our hearts shall love him more.
8
"Lord, how our souls are all on fire
To see thy bless'd abode,
Our tongues rejoice in tunes of praise
To our incarnate God.
9
And whilst our faith enjoys this sight,
We long to leave our clay,
And wish thy fiery chariots. Lord,
To fetch our souls away.]
DOXOLOGIES.
; Sm i .1. /• I 171, I unford9.
- 1 1 > ni-i v . |
5 -hi of Christ.
FROM iln-e, my (.mi, my io>3 shall rise,
\>i I run eternal rounds,
Beyond the limits "t the skies
And .ill created bounds.
The holy triumph] of mj soul
Shell death itself ou i
ill mortality behind,
An I il\ bCTOOd the yra\c.
I
. where mj Messed |e»ul relgni
In tu-.iwn\ UttSneaattf'd
111 ipend .i long eternity
In pleasure anil in pause.
- m\ wondering eyes
Shall o'er thy beauties rove,
And endl i ;es itl sdose
I he glories ol tin lave.
Sweet |i asHe of thine
Shall fresh endeannenti I ring,
And thousand tastes ol new delight
l ram all thy gra ei rpring.
6
(ny beloved, fetch my soul
l p id thy bless'd abode,
mj ipirit longs to lee
My Saviour and my Cod. J
I cannot persuade myself to put a full period to these divine Hvmns, till I
have addrfested a special song of Glory unto God the Father, the Son, and
the Horj Spirit. Though the Latin name of it, Gloria I'uhi, be retained
in our nation hum the R »iun Church ; ?.m\ though there be some ex< i
of superstitious, honour paid to the words ot it, which may have wrought
some unhappy prejudices in weaker Christians, yet I believe it still to be
one of the noblest part-; of Christian worship. The subject of it is the
doctrine of the Trinity, which is that peculiar glory of the Divine Na-
ture, that our Lord Jesus Christ has so clearly revealed unto men, and
is so necessary to true Christianity. The action is praise, which i> the
most complete and exalted part of Heavenly Worship. I have cast the
song into a variety of forms, and have fitted it by a plain version or a
larger paraphrast ng either alone or at the conclusion of another
Hymn. I have added also a few Hosannas, or ascriptions of salvation to
Christ, in the same manner, and for the same end.
DOXOLOGTES.
(Tins* ofea'h Metre arc Jil.i e i t igrt/fer, begin ting with Long Me! re.)
. Portugal 97.
(Hymn '26. B.3. 1st I..U.)
A Son?
.
Bi ' SST) be the Ffethef and his love,
To wh Durce we owe
above,
And rills of comfort here below.
o
thee, sreat Son of God,
• undid body rolls
A precious stream of vital blood,
Pardon and life for dying souls.
3
We give the sarred Spirit praise.
Who in otli he ' woe
\\ mg ipringi i
And into boundless giorv flow.
4
Thus God the Father, G<><: the Son,
And Go 1 the S ■ re.
That sea of life and love unknown
Without a bottom or I
6Dj. Hotham 221, Old Hundred 100.
[Hymn 29. B.3. 2dL.M.)
GLORY to God the Trinity
unknown
In essence one, in person' three ;
A social nature, yet alone.
When all our nohtest powers are join'd
The honours of thj na
Thy gl •: • 1 1 i n d ,
And angels faint beneath the praise.
Hymn 32. B.3. 3d I.M.;
TO God the Fath -r. c. .
And God Ih in One.
Be honour, pra iven,
Bv all on eartl
697—701
DOXOLOGIES.
702—705
697. (Hymn 33. B.3. L.M.)
Or thus:
ALL glory to thy wonderous name,
Father' of mercy, God of love,
Thus we exalt the Lord, the Lamb,
And thus we praise the heavenly Dove.
693. Bath Chapel 26, Irish 171, Boston 159.
(Hymn 27. B.3. 1st CM.)
GLORY to God the Father's name,
Who, from our sinful race,
Chose out his favourites to proclaim
The honours of his grace.
2
Glory to God the Sou he paid,
Who dwelt in humble clay,
And to redeem us from the dead
Gave his own life away.
3
Glory to God the Spirit give,
From whose almighty power
Our souls their heaveniy hirth derive,
And bless the happy hour.
4
Glory to God that reigns above,
Th' eternal Three and One,
Who by the wonders of his love
Has made his nature known.
699. Great Milton 212, Froome 255.
(Hymn 30. B.3. 2d CM.)
THE God of mercy be ador'd,
Who calls our souls from death,
Who saves by his redeeming word,
And new-creating breath.
2
To praise the Father and the Son
And Spirit all divine,
The One in Three, and Three in One,
Let saints and angels join.
'00- (Hymn 34. B.3. 3d CM.)
NOW let the Father and the Son
And Spirit be ador'd,
Where there are works to make him known.
Or saints to love the Lord.
701- (Hymn 35. B.3. CM.)
Or thus:
HONOUR to thee Almighty Three,
And everlasting One;
All glory to the Father be,
lhe Spirit, and the Son.
702- The 2d at the end of the Psalms.
(CM.)
LET God the Father, and the Son,
And Spirit be ador'd,
Where there are works to make him known,
Or saints to love the Lord.
703- Aynhoe 108, Eagle Strut New 55,
Simons 250.
(Hymn 28. B.3. 1st S.M.)
LET God the Father live
For ever on our tongues ;
Sinners from his first love derive
The ground of all their songs.
2
Ye saints, employ your breath
In honour to the Son,
Who bought your souls from hell and death
By offering up his own.
3
Give to the Spirit praise
Of an immortal strain,
Whose light and power and grace conveys
Salvation down to men.
4
While God the Comforter
Reveals our pardon'd sin,
O may the blood and water bear
The same record within.
S
To the great One and Three
That seal this grace in lieaven,
The Father, Son, and Spirit, be
Eternal glory given.
704. Aynhoe 108, Vermont 13*.
(Hymn 31. B.3. 2d S.M.)
LET God the Maker's name
Have honour, love and fear,
To God the Saviour pay the same,
And God the Comforter.
2
Father of Lights above,
Thy mercy we adore,
The Son of thy eternal love,
And Spirit of thy power.
r05- (Hymn 36. B.3. 3d S. M )
YE angels round the throne,
And saints that dwell below,
Worship the rather, love the Son,
And bless the Spirit too.
ICG— 709
noxoi.ocir.s.
7J0, 711, 712
. S M
Or thus:
G\\ i to toe '.
Give glory i<> the S >n,
\
■
1 ~, ■'alms.
Nihe great and sat red rhree,
lit be
God is known,
B> all ihe angels near the throne,
And all the saints in earth and heaven.
I \Vjr62. Cl.ifh.ini 18.
(llyr. -
A Sour of Pr.iise to the blessed Trinity.
M as the 148th P aim.
I(.l\ i immortal praise
Po God ihe Father'* love
l .i all ii.y comforts here,
And bettei hopes above;
He lent his own
EMrm
To die far sins
'Hut man bad done.
8
To Cod the Son Del
Immortal rK-i > t< >.
ought us with hi* blood
1 rom everU
And now he
An t now he •
And sees the
oi all lav pains.
i the Spirit*! name
Immortal worship |
Whoae new-creating power
Makes the dca I -inner live :
irk completes
The great d
Bill the -out
With jo; divine.
4
| t] God, to Thee
ihnuis done,
1 Im undivided Three,
\n 1 the Mysterious One:
Where rea»>n taiU
Their faith prevail*,
. e adores.
09. fit ■ ■<■/> i if
(Hymn 39. B.3.)
H as the USth P-alm.
'[M Ilim that chose u- hrst
I re tl e world
dial bore the curse
us man.
To Him thai formM
<)ui beam anew,
Is ei
And giorj due.
.'
ill run
'I hro' nur immortal
We brin| to God the !
Hosannas i>n out ton
: n.i Upj a Idress
Spirit's name
W nil eijual p
And /.eal llie same.
let every saint above,
And angel round the throne,
lev, and love
red I hue m One:
Thus heaven shall raise
liis honoui
Ulan earth a"'l "»ne
Grow old and die.
7 10- Swittitfi 44, Darn
(Hymn 40. B.3.)
The 3d as the 14 8th P-alm.
TO God the Father's throne
Perpetual honours raise \
(.lor\ to God the Son,
: the Spirit praise :
\ bite our lips
Their tribute bring,
Our faith .i '
i'hc name we sing.
'11. The Gth at the end of the Psatms.
Ai the 146th Psalm.
TO God the Father's throne
Per|>etual honours raise,
! the Spirit praise i
W uh all our ;
Eternal King,
Thy n;
While faith adores.
7 12- i.Hymn 11. B. J.)
Or : I
T -tenia! God,
1 he Father and the Son,
ril all divine,
Three mysteries in One,
Salvation, power.
And praise be riven,
By all on earth
And all in hea\en.
713—715
HOSANNAS.
16, 717, 718
THE HOSANNA; OR, SALVATION ASCRIBED TO CHRIST.
713. Derby 169, Rotkwell 174.
(Hymn 42. B. 3. L.M.)
HOSANNA to king David's Son
Who reigns on a superior throne ;
We bless the Prince of heavenly birth
W ho brings salvation down to earth.
2
Let every nation, every age,
In this delightful work engage;
Old men and babes in Sion sing
The growing glories of her King.
7 14- Great Milton 212, Miall 240.
(Hymn 43. B.3. CM.)
HOSANNA to the Prince of grace,
Sion, behold thy King;
Proclaim the Son of David s race,
And teach the babes to sing.
2
Ilosanna to th' Incarnate Word,
Who from the Father came ;
Ascribe salvation to the Lord,
With blessings on his name.
715- Liverpool 83, Great Milton 212.
(Hymn 16. B.l. CM )
Hosanna to Christ, Matt. xxi. 9.
Luke xix. 38, 40.
HOSANNA to the royal son
Of David's ancient line,
His natures two, his person one,
Mvsterious and divine.
2
The root of David here we find,
And offspring of the same ;
Eternity and time are join'd
In ourlmmanuel's name.
3
Blest he that comes to wretched men
With peaceful news from heaven ;
Hosannas of the highest strain
To Christ the Lord be given. ■
4
Let mortals ne'er refuse to take
Th' hosanna on their tongues,
Lest rocks and stones should rue, and break
Tiieir silence into songs.
7 1 6- Liverpool 83, Michael's 1 19.
(Hymn 89. B.2. CM.)
Christ's Victory over Satan.
HOSANNA to our conquering King!
The prince of darkness flies,
His troops rush headlong down to hell
Like lightning from the skies.
2
There bound in chains the lions roar,
And fright the rescu'd sheep,
But heavy bars confine their power
And malice to the deep.
3
Hosanna to our conquering King,
All hail, incarnate love!
Ten thousand songs and glories wait
To crown thy head above.
4
Thy victories and thy deathless fame
Through the wide world shall run,
And everlasting ages sing
The triumphs thou hast won.
717. Vermont 134, Falcon Street 209.
(Hymn 44. B.3. S.M.)
HOSANNA to the Son
Of David and of God,
Who brought the news of pardon down,
And bought it with his blood.
'2
To Christ the anointed King
Be endless blessings given,
Let the whole earth his glory sing
Who made our peace with heaven.
718- Portsmouth 144, Grove 125.
(Hymn 45. B 3. As the 148th Psalm.)
HOSANNA to the King
Of David's ancient blood ;
Behold he comes to bring
Forgiving grace from God:
Let old and young
Attend his way,
And at his feet
Their honours lay.
2
Glory to God on high,
Salvation to the Lamb;
Let earth, and sea, and sky
His wonderous love proclaim ;
Upon his head
Shall honours rest,
And every age
Pronounce him blest.
ENLARGED
INDEX OF SUBJECTS.
S. />. — Turn to the fx/rtin/lar artt, Of M n Dilionary or Concord-
e ': i atonement or redemption, but at the -eery
■ in every insi
I'uul not the term 1/ m seek, look for another of similur import, such as
COnmiion and regent-ration.
Thi' figures refer to the numbers of the Hymns and of t .ich always
anrxer to each otlwr.
A.
I i\~, and Christ, 'JriO.
*l Man an.! Juahua, 17.'.
. • 165, v. 9, 10.
Abtt and Christ, i K.
Abounding, iniquity. 598.600.
grace, KG, 156. lis 1 15.
^ViA,!/*, stones made children of, 118.
. S7,V.4.
taiih and olK-dicnce, rN-;, v '.. I.
: .m tl>e Gentiles, 527, 528,530.
offer Df his son, 330.
Absence from God deprecate.!.
forever intolerable,
and presence ;>t, 192.
from publii •'•
. gone to prepare a place for
!n> people, 538
love to the,
memorial ot die, :.33, 538.
• the tin one of grace by a mediator,
I of King George, o 17.
rrupt nature from, 86, 150.
fall of 107.
sovereign of the creatures, 55, v. 9*
first anrtsecTi
their dominion, 95.
Adoption, 164, In v
spirit t>f desired, 16">, v. 9, 10.
and election.
■
. v. 9.
■■
unsancimed. 4M.
spiritual, descr bed, 299.
dotred, 408, \MK
. I
AJflictimis, of rl>e church, v,»«7— 493.
corporal and ment »
courage in tliem.
difletence between those of saints and
siui.e. .
hope m then:,
gentle. 31.
Affliction, heaw and overwhelming, 293,621,
instructions bv them, 403, 6.'4.
luht a *8 . v. 4.
moderated. IBS.
profit by. and support under them, 623.
without'rejection.
resignation to than, 622, 329, 297.
removed I), prayer, ^OS, 3S0.
•d bv providence, 67.
0,6114,
submission to them, 331,71, 622, H9,
rapport, tru~t, and comfort under tbem,
trying our graces, 11,360.
Agt\l, s.iir:/;, nourishing, 4S3.
prayer an! n
reflection and hope. 596.
ji death and judgment, 59-'.
All in all, God, 170. 171,411.
Alt teeing Garf, i0. 111.
f, 289.
of God, 14.
race in duty and suffering, 20 1, 202.
divine, our Mia, 'Aw v. 5.
.4/«Mrf christian,
. M0.
Ambition of the «
5,v. 6 Ml, v. 8. 658, v 6. 65
ieportment.
Anchor, hope I
the covenant, Clirist, i 9, v. 3. 270,
. oad) their \ii .
punished, and man saved, I
vanquished and mi
(cood,) guar- nan. 628, v. 5. 508.
happv at the tonveisio.t of sinners, 228,
ministering to Christ and sain;
.
praise the Lord, 18,49.
presvnt in chnuhe-, 1*4, v. 1. 2.
It C'lnsi'- !■!'•
subject to Christ, 4.
Anger a"
INDEX OF SUBJECTS.
Anger. See Wrath, Vengeance, He/I,
Ansiver to ilie church's prayers, 603.
See Prayer.
Antichrist, his ruin. 502,503, .-05
Anticipation of death and ^lory, 405, 406, 597,
v. 4,7,8.
Apollos, nothing without God, 1 18, v. 4.
Apostate, perUhing,94.
Apostles commissioned, 1 14.
Apparel, spiritual, 156, v. 6, 7. 195.
Appeal to God, against persecutors; 361.
concerning, our sincerity. 336, 337.
our humility, 297.
Ark placed in Zion, 4/ /.
Arm of the Lord, made b?re, 123, v. 6.
church sealed on Christ's, 570, v. 3.
Arms of everlasting love, 138, v. 3.
Armour of the gospel. 358, 428, v. 4.
Ascension of Christ, '238, 241—244.
Ashamed, not of Christ, or his gospel, 339, 340,
551.
Astonishing love and grace, 1G4, 176.
Assistance, gracious, 320, v. 6.
in duly, 202.
in the spiritual wat fare, 359, 184, 138.
against sin and saan, 202.
Assurance, of interest, 339, 300.
of heaven, 658, 395.
of the !o e of Christ, 289, 300.
desired, 343,209, v. 8.67b, v. 6— 8.39,
v. 10. 19, v. 6.
Atheism, practical, 44, 67, 599, 600.
punished, 598.
Atonement of Christ, 282, 555.
Attributes of God, 38—42.
Authority of magistrates from God, 617.
Avenger. God an, of h s saints, 22.
Awakened sinner, 110.
B.
Babes, new born, described, 165.
Babylon, ruin of it, predicted, 502.
falling, 503.
fallen, 505.
Backsliders, in digress and desertion, 372.
restored, 383.
pardoned, 464, 157, 158.
Backsliding- and re. urns, 375.
Banquet of love, 560, 544.
Baptism, and circumcision, 525 — 532.
the commission, 52 1.
and circumcision, 531.
believer, buried with Christ in, 526.
of infants, 529. 531.
children devoted to God in, 529, 5:8.
preaching, and the Lord's supper, 532.
Beatif.ck vision longed for, 693, 434, 691.
Beatitudes,3S9,
Believe and be saved, 283.
Believer, described, 165.
baptized, 525* 52%
death and burial. .f a, 662.
Beauty, of Christ, r.67,516.
of Chris 's righteousness 156.
of the church, 565, 480, 4S1, v. 5, 7.
of gospel ministers, 123.
of holiness, 200.
of saints, 480, 482.
Birth, does not conve\ : rare, 148.
fhst and second, Mfi .
of Christ, 212, 215, 264. 2IS.
miracles at the, s. 220.
Blasfhemy complained of. 5!<9. 600.
Blessed, the, descriUed,389, 162,397, 398.400.
dead in tl.fc bora, I
Blessedness, of gospel tim^s, \V:
of heaver,, 667.
only in God and Christ, 170, 171, 392.
Blessing, of Abraham on the Gentiles. 5^7
528, 530,
of God or. busmen, 413.
Blessing', of the gospel, 125, 194, 520.
of a fkrailv, 415,416.
of d.e country, 582, 583, 585.
of a pation, 605.
of the spring, 582.
Blood of Abel. 142.
Blood of Christ, cleansing, 176, 282,323, 181,
v. 4,6, 84, v. 5,6. 230. 200. v. 4,6.
sea! of the New Testament, 535.
and fiesh our food, 549, 550.
spirit and water,- 541.
Boasting, excluded, 1-7, 155.
in Christ, 539, 551.
Buh, of nature and scripture, 99, 100, 10?.
of God's decrees, 19.
of life, 388, 19, v. 6.
Branch of prom so, Christ the, 487, v. 9, 12.
520, v. 2.
Brazen serpent, 281.
Bread, strengthening, 80, v. 12.
or life, Christ, 537, 266, v. 3.
Breathing, after comfort and deliverance,
378.
after holiness; 178.
Britain, pra}er for it, 606.
praise to God foi it, 604,612.
prosperity and happiness of it, 606, 607,
584.
Br ad and narrow wav, 94, v. 1.
Brother, Christ a, 147, v. 6. 148, v. 6.
Brotherly, love, 3 13.
reproof, 575, v. 3.4.
Burial, of a saint, 662.
with Chi ist in baptism, 526.
Business, of life blest, 4l3.
of glorified saints, 688, 689, 274.
Cessans dues, 615, v. 5.
Call of the gospel, 195—198.
accepted, 544.
Calvary, 536, v. 5.
Canaan, Israel led to it, 473.
lost through unbelief, 4~0.
and heaven, 656, 472,459, v. 4, 5. 19.
Captain of salvation, 269, v. 1 1. 270, v 1 1.
Care of God over his saints, 508
Cares welcomed, 395, v. 3
Carnal, mind,enmi-v, 82.
joys parted with,349,350.
reason humbled, 12S.1 29.
Cause, our, left with God, 67, v. 3. 4,
Ceremonies, mere external, vain, 315.
Change produced by the gospel, 121.
Characters, of Christ, 266—270.
of true christians l< 5.
Charity, and love, 3U, 316.
and unchariiableness. 315.
to the poor, 305, 306, v. 1, 2. 637.
blessing attending, 307,309.
and justice, 475.
mixed with imprecations, 491.
Chastisement, 461, 462. iee Afflictions.
. 176, 686. »
Children* (infants,) fn the covenant of grace,
527, 528.
devoted to(. ,53,1.
instructed^ 81,
prauing Go:'.
INDEX Or SUBJECTS.
m made Nestings, 41 ;, 4iv.
164.
the ir characu
their pi i\ ileges desired, ib. v. 7.
on, 260.
anil Abel, 1 W>.
Adam
lmail-siiliu icin •■ .
hi- .!-< eiUIOD, .' VI, i 11, MS.
the bel<
his i!
the church's foundation, 179.
minr,) e signs ol it,
hacemmb 1.225.
his condescension and glonfkauon,
250.
covenant nude with him, 02,
fir-t ami >e< ond coming, or his incarna-
tion, kingdom, and judgment, 217,
the creator, 649.
crtuiiud esteemed foolishness, 1S8.
ae DavM, 317, 132.
ub and resurrection, 232, 233,
hisc:
exalted to the kingdom, 262, 230, 253,
■: 1,517,518.
our e\ampi- .
faith in his l>U
God and man, 02.
his lodhead, 649.
trie desire of all n^t on-. Jib, v. 6.
r> and grace,
gh r\ in heav
our ' , 123.
luiiun and dune nature, 1 .
i: carnation and dominion,
incarnation and sacrifice, I*).
the king, and the church his spouse.
460, 01.
his kingdom among (he Gentiles, I,
513,514, 182, 181,477.
Ins love to enemies. 317, 3 IS.
'his majesty, I, I S3,
lus mediatorial kingdom, 256, 517—
519.
names and titles, '.'67— J70.
his obedience and death, 193.
hssofta
his personal glories and go.ernment,
515.
praised by children,
prophet, priest, and k:ng, 265, 5 17—
his resurrection on the Lord's day, 144,
seat by the Father, 221, 225, 'JS3
ngth aod nghteousnesL 154.
l-.ii Hittenngi an i kingdom,
'ol. .
his sullerings for our salvation, 231.
hi- title-, 264, 267—270.
ami reproat i
See other unities loiufirung Chris/ utuLr
thsir HMtfiVi
CHRIST/. IS' LIFE, 343-^96.
Christian, almost one, 9-*.
ch racterofa (rue, 165.
church made of Jews and Gentiles, -182.
( hrii.'.i'i, qualifications of one, 471 — 476.
on, its exoeAence, 1 1<>.
internal evidence of, 115.
virtue, 151]
weak, not to be despised, ;
Churih, Icwishand Christian, 1
181, IS I, 483, 419,
birth place of sa.m .
built on Jesus Christ, 479
her complaints avenged. 305.
delight and tatet) in it, 129.
destruction at enemies pioceeds from
thence, 61 1.
es|K)u-uls to Chiist,561.
gathered m\ I settled, 477,478.
or the Genu:. 213.
God rights for I ir. 300, 598, 691
God's presence there, 177, 178, 426,
God', special delight.
God's garden, IS ;. enclosed, 566.
going to it, 118.419.
i - happiness, 197.
the house and care >->f God, 494. 493.
Jews in t Gentiles united in
prayer in distrt ss,490.
persecuted, K
restored bj prayer, 382, 31°, 380.
its safety in troubles and in uesoutions,
495,496,497,499.
the safety and honour of a nation, 1?1.
the spouse of Christ, ISO.
in the wilderness, 370, 487, v. 1, 2.
rsbfp and ordei .
wrath against enemies proceeds thence
614.
Ckttrch-memibtrt characterized, 174 — 176.
fS, ,t0o' — 513
CIRCUMCISION, and Baptism, 325—332.
abolished, 530.
and baptism, 529,531.
. of /.ion, 474, 17"<.
5 blood of Christ, 181, 176, 282, 323.
pillar, 459, v. 16. 461, v. 5.
Colonies planted, 607.
Cloth «». spiritual, 156, 193, v. 6,7. 688, v. I.
. from lite covenant with Christ, 134
from the gospel, 1 16.
from the hope of heaven, 395.
holiness ana pardon, 381, 160, 17S.
3""8
of lite hies-,
an I pardon, 137, 138.
under sorrows of body and mm I,
393.
from the divine piesence, 393.
from the promises and fauhiulness oi
4, .'10.
restored, 300.
and rapport in God, 'J36.362, 363.
from ancient providences, 170, 3os.
Comm snoi/, of Christ, <
of the a post es, 114.
Communion, with Clirbt and saint-, 5
4 Id
between Christ and his church, 338—
y63.
between saints in heaven a i.i >. n ea-ti,
486, v
w.th Christ desired, 17.'.
Couipjny of samts tite uot, 109, 31 L
JNDKX OF SUBJECTS.
Compassion, of God, 30, 21, 32,35, 36.
of a nying Saviour, 5 >>, 554.
of Christ to the afflicted and tempted,
• 206. '
Condemnation, by the law, 1 10, 152.
none to believers, 289.
Condescension, of God, to our affairs, 27,
in our worship, 423, 205.
of Christ, 250.220, v. 4.
Complaint, of absence from public worship,
m, * l'
of the church, 487— 493.
of deceit and flattery, 599, 600.
of desertion, 376, ffa.
of vain discourse, C00.
ofdulness,370, 3H.
of a hard heart, 371.
of in-dwelling sin, 1 10, 373.
of ingratitude, 321.
of pride, atheism, oppression, &c. 598,
6JXL
of sickness, 626.
of sloth and negligence, 341, 370.
oftempta'ion, 373, 974.
general. 621.
of quarrelsome neighbour;, 364.
of heavy afflictions in mind and body,
368.
Confession of our poverty, 109.
of sin. repentarce, and pardon, 159 —
162,' 84. 85, 345. 379, 157, 158,368.
Confidence in God, 298,289.
under trials and afflictions. 67.
Coniueror. Christ a. 553, 716, 269, v. 10. 270,
v. 10. 652, v. 3.
Conjucrors, belie-, ers, 359, 651, v. 4. 289. v. 4,
5. 680, v. 4.
Conscience, secure and awakened, 1 10.
the pleasures of a good cne, 354, 299.
tender, 290.
its guilt relieved, 161 > 379, 84, 85. 323,
383, 157, 158.
Constancy \n the gospel, 192. (See Courage.)
Contention, complained of, 354.
and love, 314.
Contentment, christian, 354, 390.
cherished, 297.
and love, 3 14.
Converse with God, 439, 410, 409.
Conversion, its nature and author, 147, 176.
effected by divine power, 517, 518.
the difficulty of it, 151.
delayed. 635, 592— 594.
the wonder of earth, 506.
joyofheaven,328.
praise for it, 88, v. 4.
earnestly desired, 149, 86, v. 4,5.
at the ascension of Christ, 517 — 519.
of Jews and Gent i'es, 482, 511, 1.
Conviction of sin,bv tl e law. 1 10,152.
by the cross of Christ, 3.-3, 384.
Corner stone an emblem of Christ, 266, v. 13.
C< ronaiion or Christ, 564.
Correction* See yijflicthn.
Corrupt nature fn m Adam, 82,86, 150.
Corruption of manners general, 598, 600.
See Dfjr.r.itr.
Counsel, to young persons, 589. and support
from God, 363, 102, 104.
Counsellor, Christ, 264, v. 2. 270, v. 5.
CotMsth of peace between the father and
Christ, 518, v.4,
Courage, christian, called up, 340, 357.
in temptation and trouble, 395.
Courage, in duty and sufferings, 201, 357.
in temptation and trouble, 395.
in duty and suiTejings, 201,357.
in death, 673, 405. 406, 289, 597.
in persecution, 360, 289, 192.
Covenant, of works cannot save, 152.
with Abiaham, 527, 530, 531.
of grace, made with Christ onr comfort,
132.
children therein, 527,528.
unchangeable, 139, 465.
its promises, 200.
sealed and sworn, 135, 535.
hope_ in it under temptation,
Covttmsness, 667, 456,454.
Cmvardiv souls perishing, 94, v. 3.
CREATIONS providence, 55—81.
Creation, of the world, 55.
new, 149, 147.
old and new,/£>.
called upon to praise God, 51.
and preservation.-
and providence, 61, 62, 80, 467—469,
"i 6, 52, 53.
Creatures, their love dangerous, 347.
no trust in them, 14,15,338,35,36.
God far above them, 647.
their vanity, 455.
vain, and God all-sufficient, 14, 15.
praising God, 51—54.
Creature-streams low, and springs of life high,
44, ▼.7,8.
Cross of Christ, our glory, 551.
benefit of it 555.
salvation in it. 192.
repentance flowing from it, 326.
crucifixion to the world by it, 539.
Crown ofrigl teousness, 658.
Crucfixion of sin, 151, 174, 94.
to the world, 539.
Crucifying Christ afresh, 352.
Curse, of the first transgression, 199.
removed bv Christ, 282.
turned into a blessing, 230, v. 3, 4.
Custom in sin, 88.
Cyrus, 609, v. 7.
Daily devotion, 410, 10, 1 1 , 336.
Danger, of our earthlv pilgrimage, 391.
of neglect, 635, 198.
of lo.eto the creatures, 347.
of pride, 128.
of death and hell, 643.
Darkness, light in it from Christ's presence,
393, 170, v.4.
of providence, 71.
of earth and light of heaven, 391, v. 6.
Darts, satan's fierv, 395, 374.
David, a type of Christ, 3 17, 132.
Christ greater than, 132,34. v. 3.
Day, of grace and duty, 635.
oflife will end, 645.
of humiliation in war, 601.
of thanksgivings 604, 608—610.
of judgment, 676—684.
everlasting one, 391, v. 6.
Dead, raised by the gospel, 121.
to sin by the cross of Christ, 352.
in the Lord blessed, 653.
DEATH of Christ, an act of submission, yet
voluntary, 251.
caused by sin, 3 53.
INDKX OF SUBJ1
• and suffering!
c/ m,>;, u under pr Wi-
den'
oi tainl 406, 401,
o* .in
sometimes sunder .
anticipated with pie
:, i
,. 7.
i5P.
. <u~.
dreadful ord
overcome in faith, nil
triumphed over m view of the resiir-
recnon,
preparation tor, 6 >s. i^.
the en
God's pretence in it, 6'ii,
terrible to the uncon . ei te .
<u v bv the sight of Christ, 657,
bj .i m»ht ofheavei
and etemii .
ami immediate "lory, 659,665.
mttitt it Ion on
ami the resurrection. 670, 674, 675,
tHceit and flattery, 599, 600.
-m, yo.
of worldly \n\
Decree, o :K 19.
revealed by Chrfct, II '>.
not to be vainly pryed into, IP, v. 5.
Dedication, of ourselves
of soul to C .5, 6.
of children, 528 529,531.
Defmct, in God,
from sin and Satan.
and salvation in God, 298,395,387.
D«'/>ofChrist,21l,21
.70,642.
God will not, 6.' I, v. 11.
• -innerswarnc
Deiigh/, in the church, anil safety, I
I — 427.
in the whole Ol dul .
i" Go I, .'92,438—
Ho.
averse with Christ, 172, 173.
in the law ol
in ordinance-. 17.'.
Deliver.incc. he»un and perl
from despa
from deepd
from .1
national, N'-.
from oppression and falsehood, 365.
from persecut
b\ pra>
seasonable,
from slupwrc
from sla Oder,
from ipkittMl enemies, 138, 497, 395,
mi
v
from temp;.'.!
f.oin i
•
Deportn
150.
. I ::
and temptation complained
.
iveraoce, 378.
of k IT ■
of I.'.
of quickening grace,377
ot spirit . 164, 165, v. 9,
in them, 199.
an i hope in d
and presumption, '.)-', 93, 1 10.
Devices o\
Dtvit, his -. lions 92j 93.
Ins fiery dai
his enmiy to Chn t, 199.
vanquished bj Christ, "*>i, 716.
.
fervent,
sick bed, 622,
Ifuinj passions,
151.
Diligence christian, 6 ,
Direct; ■■
and defertc i — 8.
and ho]
. ■ i.}. See Knowledge.
e world, 645.
'. v. 4.
oul,91.
Distinguishing hve 3iid grace, 126—131.
admired, "> r >.
Dutress. what to be done in it, 484, v. 7.
ot soul, or backsliding and desertion,
372.
reh, . ' 58.
Divine nature, of Chri- .
and human, :1.','J'>1, 197,715.
DOCTRl SF. $, a nd blessings of sen pture, 1 25—
-., ot God, eternal, 6.
over the sea, .'I.
o'm.in over creatur
Door, Chi ist compared loa, '(-.v. 1 I
■od fears, of christians discouraged,
ni;.
censured, 20.', 195,210, f. 5.
suppressed.
removal of them desired,
v. 5.
removed, 300.
Dnutkar i and glutton,
Dulness, spiritual,370.
Duties, of religion, \~\.
excitement to them. 636, 637.
constancrin, »1,
to God and man, 475, 476, 106—103
delightful, 335, v. 3, 4.
B I
INDEX OF SUBJECTS.
Duties, hindered by sin, 687, v. 1.
help in them desired,571, v. 3,6.
not meritorious, 152.
and delights of heaven, 687.
Dwelling with God,on earth, 476.
in heaven, 242.
Earnest ofthe spirit, 6.59, v. 3. 343, v. 4.
Earth, no rest on it, 455.
Earthly joys forsaken, 349, 350.
Earthly mindedness lame nied, 408.
Education, religious, 589. 81 .
Effects of Christ's death, 145.
Effusion of the spirit, 279.
Egypt'* plagues, 459.
Ejection, in Christ, 125.
sovereign and tree, 126, 128, 129.
excludes boasting, 127.
Employment of saints in heaven, 687.
'End, of the righteous and wicked, 400, 401.
397.
of se!f-riehteousness, 153.
of the world, 646, 45S.
of life to be kept in view, 645.
Enemies, of the church disappointed, 612.
destroyed, 599, 600, 484. 614
national, dismayed and destroyed.
609.
prayed for, 491,317, 318.
salvation from spiritual, 138.
triumphed over.bv Christ. 501, 502.
and by Christians, 496:
v. 6, 7.
Enemy, death the last, 651, v. 3.
Enjoyment of Christ, 172. 173.
Enlargement, desired. 377.
granted, 381.
Enmity, between Christ and Satan, 199.
"of the carnal mind, 82.
Envy, and unbelief cured, 402, 669,670.
and love, 3 14.
Equity, universal law of, 107.
" and wisdom of providence, 74.
E p usals of the church to Christ, 564.
Establishment and grace, 138.
Eternal Son of God, 267, v. 2. 268, v. 2.
Eternity, of God, 5.
of his dominion, 6.
and death, 664.
succeeding thislife, 643.
Evening and morning hymns, 571 — 581.
Evidence, internal, to the gospel, 1 15.
of grace, or self-examination, 411.
of sincerity. 336, 337, 437.
Evil, times, 59^, 600.
neighbours, 364.
magistrates, 404, 619, 620.
Exaltation of Christ to the kingdom, 241,253,
254, 255, 232, 5 1 3, 5 1 7—5 1 9.
Examination, or evidences of grace, 411
336.
Example, 'of Christ, 226, 318, 269, v. 5. 270,
v. 5.
of saints, 356.
a good one set, 636.
Excellence of the Christian religion, 116.
of the gospel, 120.
of Christ's righteousness, 156.
Exhortations, to diligence, 357, 340, 637.
to peace and holine>s2 590.
Extent of duty and zeal, 35o, v. 3, 4.
Face, of Christ, 392, v. 3. 172, v. 4. 173, v. 1.
of Immanuel, 145. v. 4.
of God, seen at a distance, 69 1 , v. 2.
of God in heaven, 302, v. 6.
Faith, 280—289.
believe and be saved, 283, 284.
and prayer of persecuted saints, 491.
and assurance, 339.
in the blood of Christ, 160, 8 V, 323.
in divine grace and power, 338, 157,
158.
in things unseen, 286, 287.
and sight, 659, 71, 434.
and reason, 205, 71.
and re|>entance,285.
and obedience, 286, 280.
and unbelief, 283, 285.
assisted by sense, 532.
strong, when sense despairs, 18, v. 6,7.
strong, desired, 210, v. 6.
overcoming, enjoyed, 652, 289.
weak, lamented, 2 10, v. 5, 181, v. 3.
in Christ,our sacr fice, 282.
for pardon and sanctification,
181.
ami knowledge of him, 339
joy of it, an \ love, 288,3 12.
triumphing in Christ, 289.
over death and the grave,
652.
walking by it, 287.
without works, dead, 280.
its victories, 280, v. 4.
the way of sanation, 284, 283.
and salvation, 283.
Faithfulness, of God, 34,459, 37, 35,36, 32.
to his promises, 135, 134,
218,561.
a Christian grace, 332.
of a good man, 332, 475.
Fall, of angels and men, 89.
anct recovery of man, 199, 136.
of Babylon, .503—505.
Falshond. blasphemy^ &c. 599, 600.
and oppression, deliverance from
them, 365, 599, 600.
Family, government, 412.
love and worship, 416.
blessings, 4 15.
Father, God our, 164,40, 41.
Christ the everlasting, 264.
Fear, of God, holy, 290.
reverential in worship, 421,417.
of death 657.
overcome, 65 1 , 652, 674.
Fears and doubts suppressed, 300, 294, 631,
509. 508.
F east, of the gospel, 195, 544.
oflove,560, 541.
of triumph, 553.
made by divine love, 545.
its provisions, 552.
its guests invited, 541, 515 552.
Fellni'shi'p, with Christand saints, 534.
between Christ and his church, 558—
563.
with Christ desired and enjoyed, 172,
173,441.
Fervency of devotion, desired, 341, 340.
want of it lamented, 370.
excited, 637.
Fever of body aud mind, 455, v. 3, 4.
Ferw saved, 94.
1NDKX or SUBJECTS
F'wseek and fin !, 181, v. I.
• Christ';, work, 235.
■
, 599, 600.
. I i.
FfaAand nn mortified. 151, I7i,i»i.
an i blood "t Christ, the but
our ta
' S-,
F/viug from * » v. 3.
to Christ, the I . v: 1. •■
;in,9l.
0, 172.
the ncsh and I
for ;
us, 402.
, r>i.
r original and actual sin, on
, 81, 83.
prayed
plentiful wi
c 1,333.
Formation ot map,
wisdom 01 God in it, 57.
Forms, mere outw.ii. I, vain, 1 17, 333, 81, v.
leaven, 301.
Fortitude, christian, (40.
excite
■
. n of Christ*! blood, '203, v. \. 266,
v.s. isl.v. 4.
F/\«7/y of man, 671,644, 640.
and folly Or man, 842.
. froin sin and misen in heaven, 687.
. of the Rpspel, 195.
—131.
I, 102.
. I,V. 1. 11, V. 4.
, v. 6.
-, H7.
Christ, 388, v. 1—3.
Qhrisrt death, 254.
of the spirit,
el, 121.
of far. .
of hoi i e, 174.
Fullness of ChiM, J 12.
of the gospel,
Fu/if J,671.
Uiouglu, iX>S. See Death, Burial.
O.
. >t, die church, 566.
Garment* of salvation, 156, 195, v.
Gates, ■
bf heaven, 242, v.6,7.
Gentiles, Christ revealed to, 1'23, 261, 514
the God of the, 1.
blessing of Abiaham on then .
530.
given' to Christ, 283, MI, 251, 513
514.
ca'.led in answer to pr.ner. 431.
owning the true God, i, 121,243.
i ol the, 490, i
and Jews united in
in irtyrsand -
Glory, of God, infinite,
iii rh ■
ilvat on, 193.
and :;r.i<v In tin.- person of Christ, 213,
. 122.
slime, in the sufferings and cross of
and I, 672,
and I ltlir.t Christ, "
to the rather, Son, and holv Spirit, 694
— 712.
Glorification and condescension of Chr st,
250, 515, 516.
Glory Of God m 0U1 Salv it. on. 19 I,
and grace promis ,113.
Glorying in Christ an I his cro
Si.
Glutton. K52.
an 1 drunkard. 163.
God, all in all, 170, fir, 414.
all-seeing, 10, 11.
afl-sufS uMit, 1 1, 1% 236.
his attributes, 38— 42.
his being, at ributcs and providence,
14 75,76,68,583.
the avenger of his people, 22.
his care ol saints, 36
and of the cl
creator an 1 redeem)
creation and providence, 61,80.
our defence and salvatii a, 294, 14, 15,
387, I ■
eternal sovereign, and h
eternal and man mortal, 644, 648, 649.
his faithfulness, :>\, i
lar above the creatures, 647.
d bj Christ, I
glorified, and sinners saved, 193.
a mess and mere;, 14, 25, 26, 30,31,
goodness and truth, 21, 3 5,
hi, governing power and goodness, 13.
great and goo ,'2S.7S,610,2,3, 24,76.
heart sea rchi
ouronl -lp, 33.
inoomprehens ble, 12, t '.
the jud . ',684.
km .
his majesty, 1, 16.
e i-ion. 17. 18,840,
mercy and mil!:, 75,
of njture an I gra< ■
I h 37, 2, 3,
oor portioh, and Or •
our portion here and bereaft
his power and maje
9, I.
prai
our ; :. i, IS;.
■
our refuge in national trot
his sovereignty .mj goodne« to man,
1- . 250, 6-1 >, 21.
S 3
INDEX OF SUBJECTS.
God, our support and comfort, 362.
supreme governor, 620,7— 9,~6 17.
his vengeance and compassion, 28, 677
unchangeable, 13.3, 58.
his universal dum ninn, 48.
his wisdom in his works, 58, 57.
worth) of all praise, 2, 3, 35, 36. 452,
52—54, 407.
sight of him weans from the world,
348.
terrible to sinners, 16. See Perfection.-,
Works, &c.
Godhead of Christ, 211, 212, 649.
Co/den rule of Chr.st, 107.
Good works, 1 12, 474, 475, 2 12, 307, 308.
profit men, not God, 109.
cannot justify, 153, 155.
Goodness of God, 24, 35, 36, 20, 25, 37, 639,
324.
an l greatness, 12,39 — 41.
and rx'wer, 12.
and wrath, 29.
Co.>/><?/,armo'.ii, 428, v. 4, 358, v. 1.
glad tidings, 123.
feast 195 541
its glory and success, 99, 481, 516, 517,
279 .'64, v. 1,4.5.
different success of it. 1 18.
invitationsand provi ions, 195,552.
no liberty to sin, 352, 174, 280
joyful sound. 98, 113,221, 187.
times, their blessedness, 123.
divine evidence of the, 97.
attested by miracles, 1 14, 220, 240.
not ashamed of the, 339, 551 .
glorifies God, 122.
ministry, 123.
its wisdom and grace, 122.
its blessed effects. 121.
saviour of life or death, 118.
sinned a^iirot, 117.
and law, 152
joined, 112.
distinguished, 111.
alone gives sinners hope, 116.
power of God to salvation.! 20, 121,516.
practical tendency of it, 1 < 4.
worship and order, 4S5.
Covcmmmt, and magistrates from God, 615,
617.
cfChrisr,515,264, v. 3— 5.
Grace, adopting, 164.
of Christ, 5 1 3— 516.
converting, 150.
electing, 125.
its evidences or self examination, 411,
336.
in exercise, 557.
nor conveyed by parents, 148.
its freedom and sovereignty, 126 — 131.
and holiness, 174.
growth in, 483
an immortal and holy principle, 165,
v. 5.
without merit, 363, 160, 162.
justifying, 152.
pardoning, 163, ;57, 158.
and providence.61,75, 467,468,76,77.
given us in Christ, 190, v. 3, 13 J.
persevering, 186.
equal to power, 12.
preserving and restoring, 184.
promises of, 199—210.
above riches, 605.
sanctifying and saving, 188.
Grace, *v\(\ glory in the person of Christ,2IJ
and glory by the death of Christ, 555.
salvation by it, 190, 188.
sovereignty of it, 126—131.
of the spirit, 389.
all sufficient in duty and sufferings, 201,
202, 163.
superabounding, 163.
surprising, 176, 164.
throne of accessible, 422, 258, 259.
and vengeance, 29.
truth and protection, 79.
tried by afflictions, 406, 13, 182, 183.
and glory, 185, 425.
Graceless souls, wretched, 170.
Graces, (christian) 332, 389, 320.
in exercise at the Lord's table, 557.
tried, 406, 13.
shining in trials, 360.
Gratitude, for di\ ine favours, 355.
want of it lamented, 324, 578, v. 3.
Great Britain's God praised, 604.
Greatness an \ goodness of God, 39 — 41, 12.
Growth in grace, 483.
Guide, Christ a, 269, v. 5, 270, v. 5.
the divine counsels our, 169, v. 2. 571,
v. 5, 6.
the holy spirit, 368, v. 11.
Guidance, divine, sought, 57 1, v. 4 — 6.
Guilt of conscience rel.eved, 161, 163, 379, 84,
85,323,383, 157, 158.
H
Habits sinful, hard to be broken, 88.
Happiness, in God onlv, 170, 171.
in God's presence, 392, 393.
on earth, 501, 302, v. 7—10
in heaven, 693.
Happy saint and cursed sinner, 398.
men de-cribed, 389, 160, 159.
nation, 605.
Hardness of heart, 371.
Harve t, 583—585.
Hatred and love, 314.
Head, Christ our, 266, v. 7. 534, v. 5.
Health, preserved. 572, 578, 66.
sickness and recovery, 626, 629.
630, 631, 633.
prayed for, 379, 626, 622.
Hearing, of prayer and salvation, 510, 381.
the word, unproritably,45l.
and praying for success, 451.
with pleasure and profit, 123,
Heart, known to God, 10.
hard, 371.
softened, 200, v. 7— 9.
Heaven, what constitutes it, 171.
aspirations after, 691, 173, 349, 350,
344,391.
its blessedness and business, 688, 689.
meditation o", 288.
negligence in seeking after, 642.
hope of it supporting, 395.
hoped for by Christ's resurrection, 239.
freedom from sin and misery there, 687.
worship of it humble, 691.
Christ's dwelling place, 692, 568.
dwelling place of the Saints, 242.
sight of God and Christ there, 344.
blessed society there, 690, 486.
nothing without God, 169.
invisible, and hoi), 666.
ensured and prepared for, 658.
foretaste of it on eardi, 301.
INDEX OF SUBJECTS.
. pri «pect of it makes death ea
of separate touli an i resurrection, 406.
the everlasting feKcity of, 1 1
and earth, 14^,350, 191.
and he
, tuiodedness,
desired, 106.
jq« on earth, 172,302, KM.
lid!, and death,
and judgment, 58, .
or the uettgeanceo/God,685i 16.
holy fear of, 685, <f7S.
Helpless souls hoping and praying, 33.
Htztki<ih\< mhi. .
High Prifi r/,Chrot, 369, v. 8.270, v. 8.
and king and judge, 146.
Holiness. Set liracty$ptritu<il iomctijfeotion,
and sovereignty oi God, J>, 647.
and grace, 176, IT i.
itccnaractej .
true faith promotes, 356.
forbids sin, 165, v. 5.
necessary preparation for heaven, 686.
pardon and comfort,
desired, ITS.
loved onl) hv the gracious, 185, v. 4.
profi -
Honour, of the world, vain, 454.
to magistrates, 6 15.
. tin ibt the, 381.
in the c venanr, 135.
Indaikness,
gives light and mn pgth, 287.
of ihe resurrection, 673, 652, 651 , 405,
406, 662, (.74.
and despair in death, 10%, 669, 670.
an I
or natl wal \i lory, 602.
and directio
in afflictions, 292. 368.
ofthehelpk
ol the living,
or, 135.
in Christ comfort under som
of heaven bj Christ's resurrectioo, 239;
ol heaven, supporting and sanctifying
under trials, 395, lol v. 1.
maketh not ashamed, 508, 5C9.
makes death easy,
none excluded from. 295.
of aimers, vain, 397, v. I — 6.
■ youth falling short of heaven, 591.
H"rn of prom
Hosatma, to Christ, 7 i J— 718.
forth-' W,445.
. SeeF.MB/'v.
hum. in affairs condescended to bv (.
Humanity and deiti ofChrut, 212,264,715.
Humbff, (Jo I dwells with tl\ .
enlightened, 128, 129,520.
sinnei pardoned, 296.
WOrthip of heaven, fiQl'.
Humiliation, day, 598,
for disappointment n war. 601.
and cxaltatiun of Christ, 1 15. 14(5. 2 19,
Humility, and pride, 198.
and ineekne
and submission, 297.
and resignation under afflict.
of heaven, 691.
Hunger, and durst after righteousness, 389,
v. 4v
Hungry, none in heaven, 68ft, 68tf.
Hush ni imajfi psalm,
Hypocritt r, an I hypocrs , 599, I
known and abhorred <>t God, 333.
.ml almost i in st;.m,91.
and apostao.94,
at the dav of judgment, 682— 66\.
1.
Idolatry reproved, 16,47,363,613.
IgU r.nni- lamented, 161.
ignorant, enlightened, 128, 129.
Illumination ol the spirit, 3 YL
Image*, vain mu\ stupid, 46, 17, 613.
Imminuel. God wild u-., 115,715, 268, v. 6.
2 1 2.
Immutability of God and his covenant, 133,58.
Impenitent*, the daogei of, 285.
Implacable hatred to God, 491, v. 6.
Impncati ms and charity, 19 1.
Improvement of life, ti .6, 637.
Incai nation, of Christ, 212, 215, 26 1, 218.
praise for the,
and sacrifice of Christ, 140.
Incomprehensibility of God, 43.
and invisibility, 1.
and sovereignly, 42.
Inconstancy, of Israel', 465.
of our love, 375.
Increase, Of the Church, 606.
ofgiaee, IK J.
Industry, nothing without a blessing, 413,41 4.
■. v . ">. See Children*
Iiigi xititiid, complained of, 324, 642.
lithtritancCyZ trnal,
Iniquity, abounding, 699, 600.
prevailing, conquered and pardoned,
431.
on and prophecy, 97.
i of ii e Lord's, Supper,533.
Insti «. t:<m, fi om God. 303.
from s.'iipi'.iie, 101, 102.
in piei
Instruct n\ afflictions, 403.
IthUfficiency.f& reason, 43.
of self-righteousness, 153, 195.
of r dies to free from death, 668, 6C$.
of the world to make us happy, 349,
350, 170.
Intemperance, punished. 462.
and pardoned, 46 J.
Intercessioi
Interest in Christ, alliance of it desired, 343.
INVITATIONS* of scripture, 195—198.
cf Christ, to sinners, i'.'6.
to saints answered, 562.
of the gospel, 195— l«J6, 545, 203, 204.
of saints to sinners, 509, v. 5,6.
importance of regarding the, 197,198.
accepted, IS I.
Inward witness to Christianity, 115.
1 the altar, 330.
Islands, the, to l>e called, 25 V,v. 3— 6.514, v. 2.
distant, 431, v. '>.
northern, 432, v. 2. 223, v. 1. 60*, v. 5.
Israel, saved from the Assyrians, 614.
delivered from Egvpr, and brought to
Canaan, 136,470,459, »T3, 467— k>9,
T7.
their rebellion and punishment, 461,
461.
punished and pardoned, 465, 463.
travels in llic wilderness, 475, 471 .
Isrdtliiish history, 459—473,
Jailer, the Philippian, 529, v. 3-
INDEX OF SUBJECTS.
Jealousy, of our love to Christ, 570.
Jehovah, 53, v. 1 1 . 28, v. 3. 490, v. 8.
reigns,?— 9,222, 677.
Jesus, dearest of names, 145. See Lord, Christ.
Jewish church, 459—473.
Jews. See Israel, an 1 Gentiles.
John baptist'! message, 520.
Jordan divides, 47 1, v. 2.
Joshua, CiirUr, so called, 472.
Journey, christian, thjto*a wilderness, 391.
of the Israelites, 473, 47 1.
Joy, spiritual, reason of it, 61.
in Christ unseen, 312.
carnal < nd deceitful parted with, 349,
350.
of faith, 288.
heavenly upon earth, 301, 302.
soon interrupted. 375, 301, v. 7.
spiritual lestore I; 300,
in Christ's presence -eternal, 693.
of conversion, 50o. See Delight.
in heaven on a sinner's conversion, 328,
228, v. 6.
Judge, Christ, 267, v. 7. 868, v. 7.
Judgment, day, 676— 684.
the last, 680, 676.
certain, 678.
youth reminded of, 593, 594.
Christ coming to, 146.
and hell, 587.
desire to stand with acceptance at the,
680, v. 7
dignity and dominion of the righteous
at the, 407, v. 5— 8.
and mercv, 679. 28.
seat of God. 679. 398, v. 5.
Just, the, described, 305, 475.
Justice, of God, 23.
and grace, 338, v. 6.
and mercy, 29,38, v. 7. 39, v. 7, 8. 32,
v. 5, 6.
a christian virtue, 332.
of providence, 74.
and truth towards men, 475.
Justification, com pleat, 289.
free, 160, 168,158.
by faith, not by work?, 152, 155.
and sanctificaiion, 181, 156.
K.
King, is the care of heaven, 618.
William and king George, 617.
of king?, Christ. 267, v. 3. 266, v 3.
Kings and priests, believers made, 146, 273,
v. 7.
Kingdom, of Chri-t. 233—257.
and titles of Crnst. 264.
of Christ among men, 521,676.
of God, supreme, 22.
eternal, 6.
Kiss the Son, 685. v. 6.
Knowledge, desired, 304, 437.
an! faith in Christ, 339.
of Christ crucified, excellent, 112. v. 5.
given to tlvse who seek it, 198.
vain without love, 3 10.
saving, from God, 128,129.
L.
Lamb, slain, pra;se to. 177; 271—274.
t;ikes away sin, 282.
of God. angry, 267, v. 4. 269, v. 4.
conquers the roaring lion, 137, v. 3.
Lamb's book of life,3SS, v. 4, 5. IP, v. 6.
Languor of devotion , 34 1 . i
Lair, of God, or love to God and our neigh-
bour, 106.
equity of it, 107.
delight in the, 103, 398.
convinces of sin, 110.
condemns but cannot save, 152, 472,
285, v. 3.
engraved on the heart, 200, v. 9.
and gospel, distinguished, 111.
and gospel, joined, 1 i2.
obedience better than sacrifice, 108.
sins against law and gospel, 1 17.
Leader, Christ a, 356, v. 5.
Leaning on Chirst, 570, 547, v. 2.
Legacy of Christ, 535.
Levitical priesthood fulfilled in Christ, 261.
Liberality, to the poor, 305, 306.
rewarded, 306— 309.
Liberty, spiritual asserted, 352.
of conscience, 615, v. 5. 619, v. 2.
Life, (Christ the) of men, 267, v. 5. 268, v. 5.
of man described, 688, v. 5—7.
frail, succeeded by eternity, 643.
wonderfully preserved, 572, 66.
short, and miserable, 638,639.
and God good, 639.
the day of grace and hope, 635.
of a christian hidden, 354.
and riches, their vanitv, 669.
short and feeble, 640, 67 1 , 648.
Light, of the Jews and Gentiles, Christ, 655,
v. 4. 520.
and salvation by Christ,2O3,204,179,180.
of the world, ^67, v. 5. 268, v. 5.
in dark ness by God's presence, 393, 170,
v. 3, 4.
given to the blind, 128, 129.
Lion, (Satan) 273, v. 2.
conquered by the Lamb, 137, v. 3.
'Uriah's, 267, v. 4. 266, *. 4.
Living, their privileges above the dead, 637.
power and dying love of Christ, 136,v. 4.
Looking, w itliin the veil, 356, 288.
or. Christ and mourning, 38 1.
Long-suffering of God, 325, 324.
Longing, after God and his house, 291, 438—
440.
for holiness. 178.
for comfort, 378, 173, v. 11, 12.
for heaven, 344, 394.
for the beatihek vision, 434, 693.
Lord of hosts and Lord of lor.ls, 2o7, v. 3. 268.
v. 3.
our righteousness, 179, 180.
Lord's day , 435—446.
Lord's supper. Hymns, 533—557.
instituted, 533.
provisions at the, 519, 552.
our redeemer at the table, 547, 558.
a triumphal feast, 55 J.
the adminng guests, 545.
evangeiicargraoes exercised at the, 557.
and bapirsin,53 '.
LOVE, of God, to the righteous, and hatred to
: the wicked, 391
in sendmg h:s son, 283, 224, 225.
letter than life, 4^9,440.
unchangeable; 133 465.289,207.495.
distinguisi ing^ 128, 129, 130, 131.
of Christ to men, 197.
to sinners, 317.
to the church, 569.
in dving, 554.
in words and deeds, 569.
INDEX OF SlIUIX TS.
LO ft of rhrh\ its strength, 570.
unci i . 195.
unparalleled,
shed abroad in the heart, 4\3.
It- kinipiit, r<
ur neighbour, 106.
to God hicoMl
pleasant and powerful, :uo.
to chnst stron
lo the ■ r,3!2, 692, v. 7.
H mx, brotherl' ,313.
to enemies, 6.
and v*<ir^inp in a tamih .
lo the creature danferous,347.
and charity,
and sympathy, 389, v.5.
and hatred,
peace and meekness, 389.
faith and jo^.
superior to knowledge, faith and hope,
•ct in heaven, 692.
religion vain without it, 319.
lovely carriage, 320
the Hem, conflict with, 177, 175, 637,
luxury, punishe ■
and pardoned, 463.
Ivii\i\ house, 599, v. i.
Lying hated, '>',>, 419, v. 5.
M.
Ma hirst, fol'v, and distemper of sin, 91.
MAGISTRACY, 615— 020.
Magistrates, their authority from God. 617.
a Mee to them, 962, v. 9, 10. 863, v.
5. 6,
honour due to, 615.
warned, 619, 6.0.
qualifications and duties of, 616.
seamed, 619,
I, 617.
I, terrible, 16,589,0. See God,
■ '/ \<s
Matin an I hatred discountenanced, 314.
against God, implacable, 491, v. 6.
Man, hiswonderf.il formation, 36.
his dominion over the creatures, 20.
Ins fall and recovery, 199.
mor al, and Christ eternal, 619.
his vanity as mortal, 6 10, (HI , 617, 648,
611.
saved, an 1 angels punished, 130, 131.
Marina, rained down, 46'..', v. I — 4.
spiritual, 537, 275, v. 4.
psalm, 69, 70.
Marks, of implanted grace. 41 1, 336.
of the Messed man.
of the children of God, 165.
of tru'" fan' .
Hiine holiness, 174.
of Mil '. at the pause.
M i>>
Martvra
Afrr/vr.* glorified, 688,689.
M.m; the virgin
• i family, n l
r, access by, to the throne of grace,
. v. 6.
Meditation, 398, 400,
and retirement, 408.
on the word. 103, I'M.
on heaven.
.3. 115,314.
learned ml CfVlst, 1'H.
Melancholy, reproved, 292.
Wttanekoty, and hope. 293.
removed) 506.
/ e. a type of Christ, 519, v. 3,4. 51R,
• oar absent Lord, 538,533.
Memory, weak, 151.
national, 684, 608.
common and special. 78, 85,
praiseforrpiriia d and temporal,
innuni'-i.ilil'-.
everlasting, 77, i69.
recorded, ¥1 1.
and judgment, 679.
and truth of God, 34, 75, M.
goodness and truth.
truth, and grace, 77, 4o, 8, '>■
I tod cause of salvation, 188, 224,025.
Merit, human, disclaimed, 109.
Merits of Christ, 145.
Message, of the angels, 215, 216.
ofChri
of the gospel, IS7.
of gospel ministers, 1 1 L
of John Baptist, 580,
' of the covenant, 269, v. 3. 270, v. 3.
Messian,bom, 'JIB.
fesm the true, 961.
MichaetS war with the dragon, 503.
Ifidnight thoughts, 581, 100, l()4, 580.
Mighty God, Clnist the, 964, v. 3. 501.
Milk, of the word, desired, 165.
and wine, 195, v. 5.
Mind, carnal, 82.
spiritual, 409.
Ministers, commission of the apostolic, 1 14.
ordaine I, 17s, V77.
their mes-age, 123.
their work, and encouragement, 114,
v. 1,4,5.
loved for their work's sake, 123.
M/Mufry, of angels, 198,937, 23ft
bi the gospel welcome, 123.
Miracles, at the birth of Christ, 980;
in the life. death, and resurrection, 240.
in the wilderness 471.
Misery, and sin banished from he3ven,687.
and shortness of life, 838.
without God in die world, 456.
of sinners, 398 — 401.
Mi improvement of time, 642.
i v meetings, hymns for, 514 — 521.
Morning songs, 571 — 573.
or evening, 574 — 576.
of a Lord's dav, 185, &c.
Morning star, Christ, 590, v. S. ■1C«\y. 15.
Mortality, of man, 641,
the effect of sin, 595.
and ho|>e, 671.
and God eterna', 102. 644, 648.
and Christ's eternity, 649t
Mortificatitm of sin, 151, 171, 9+.
to the world, by the sight of God, 318 ,
by the cross of Christ, 539.
to «n by the cross,
by sight of heaven, 34ft
Moses, Aaron, and Jos'iui. 17.'.
and Christ, their different woriss,
disobedience to, punched, 117.
rod of. 1,9, v.9.
his deatli desired, 654,656.
Mounting for sin, >s ;. 89, v. 2.
Murmurng punished.
r m the gospel, 118.
revealed, 128, 129.
INDEX OF SUBJECTS.
x.
Names and offices of Christ, 264— '270.
N/irrow way, 151, 94.
Nation, the honour and safetv of it is the
church, 484.
prosperity of it, 605, 606.
blest and pinished, 607.
where God resides happy, 1 1.
National, deliverance.606,617, 614, 611, 507.
desolations the church's safety, and
triumph in them, 499.
mercies and thanks, 604, 612,608.
Nativity of Chris', 2 15— 223.
Nature, book of, and scripture, 99 — 101.
and grace, 82, 176. 86.
of man's frame, 56.
corrupt from Adam, 86.
of fallen man, sinful, 87, 82.
works of, to be dissolved, 646, 458,
v. 3.
Neglect of religion dangerous, 635,198.
Negligence complained of, 642.
Neighbour an;l God loved, 106.
New, covenant, promises, 200.
sealed, 535.
birth, 147.
creation, 147, 149. 82.
creature described. 165, 200, v. 6—10.
testament in the blood of Christ, 535.
heart described anJ desired, 149, 200,
v. 7—10.
life, 352.
song, 273.
heaven and eaith, 6t6, v. 5.
New England, psalm fur, 607.
November the 5th, 61 1—613, 604.
NOW, God's immortal, 5. v. 4.
Now is the accepted time, 418, v. 5.
Oaik, of God, to Abraham and his seed, 459.
to David and Christ, 133.
and promise to his people, 135. 495.
solemn, to be regarded, 332, 475, v. 4.
and promises of men broken, 599.
Obedience, to Christ, 117.
of faith, 280.
flowing from love, 310.
better than sacrifice, 108.
cheerful and voluntary, 355,310.
evangelical, 280, 165.
sincere, 336, 337, 159—162.
the highest wisdom, 58. v. 6.
0 fence, not to be given to anv, 315.
Offices, and titles of Christ, 864—270.
of the spirit, 342, 210.
Old Age, flourishing in religion, 483.
unconverted, 592.
and preparation for death, 595.
prayer and song for, 597.
reflection and hope of, 596.
and the resurrection, 597, 672, 648.
Old man of sin crucified, 151, 174, 94.
Olive tree, wild and good, 528.
Omnipotence, of God, 23.
our strength, 202.
and grace, 12.
Omnipresence of God, JO, 1 1.
Omniscience of God, 10, 1 1, 38, v. 3. 39, v. 4.
Oppression, complained of, 600.
punislied, 598, 599. See Persecutors.
Ordinances, delight in, 441, 1,2. 173.
See B.tpiiiM and Lord's Supper.
Ordination of a minister, 478, 477.
Original sin, 82, 199.
Overcoming faith, praved for, 651.
enjoyed, 652, 289.
Pain, comfort under, 3^8.
forgotten, when Christ's is remember-
ed, 548.
Paradise on earth, 301, 302 v. 7—10. 299.
Pardon, for the greatest sins, 163.
and sanctitication by faith, 181.
bought at a dear price, 536, 544.
brought to our sen-es, 543.
holiness and comfort, 381.
of backsliding, 383, 461.
and direction, 346.
and repentance prayed for, 379.
and confession, 159—161.
of original and actual sin, 85.
and peace through Chris', 142.
plentiful with God, 163, 157, 158.
and strength from Chrit, 556, 179, 180.
Parents, and children, 527, 528.
convev not grace, 14S.
PASSIONS, evil, lamented, 177.
subdued, 320, 637, v. 3.
holy, kindled, 173.
Passover, Christ is ours, 143.
Pastures, spiritual, 166—168.
of Christ, desred, 559,266, v. 12.
Patience, under afflict ons, 882:
and faith under dark providences,71.
and praver, in soul darkness, 293, 157,
15$ '
under the wo: Id's hatred, 402.
under persecutions, 401,488.
recommended, 297.
of God producing repentance, 325, 32k
Pattern, Christ the christian's, 226, 270, v. 5.
saints a, 356.
Peace, of the nations, 581, 500.
of conscte.-ce, 229.
and love, &c. 314,315.
on earth and good will, 215, 216.
and holiness encouraged, 590.
with men desired, 364.
and pardon thro' Christ, 142.
and submission under trials, 330, 331.
trust and strength, 496.
Pearl of price, 98.
Perfection, of scripture, 101,98.
of he chr.siian religion. 116.
of Christ's righteousness, 156.
of holiness in heaven, 686,687.
of happiness in heaven, 688—693.
Perfections of God; 37—42.
displayed in the gospel, 122.
shining in the cross, 542.
Persecuted saints, praying and pleading, 487—
490.
their praver and faith, 491.
God their avenger, 24.
Persecution, courage, and perseverance under
it, 289, 360.
victory over and deliverance from it,
493,391,362.
Persecutors, punished, 361, 456 , 407
their folly, 492.
complained of, 487 — 491.
deliverance from them ,74, 598, 362.
PERSEVERANCE, of the saints, 1»2 — 1S6.
in dutv, 202.
in holiness, 186, 171.
INDEX Ol M BJI ( TS.
;»ersccutiun and
. i ' . 4.
■
15,306.
tions without repining,
m.
,
. 350.
heav*
Pollution removed J mi pie veined, 200, v. 4
Poor, charity to tlicm, 305, 306.
friend : -d, 307— 209.
| Portion, God our only, 170, 171.
't,402.
1 3.
•Ml
and grace of Christ, -201.
o! the spirit in converting sinners, 342,
80,289.
and sin, 17.";.
of chris tans tluou-h Christ, 201.
.
vanquished Ir. (
furein
■
genera .
■
. 6M.
for pioiecuun/grace and truth, 79.
. for peneral providence, and
spe<
to i . 516,
tor lein
, ->85.
i. i \ i .
i,258, v. 7.
from a!l nai
,51.
from all ere
univer a' pi
to the trim.
. 259.
answe ,431, 510.
in (>
and faith of persecuted saints, 491,402,
an,:
and i
fur deliverar.ee answered, 603.
heard, ami /
and praise for deliverance, 509.
pul
■
and pleading for pardon.
. 323.
in time
and hope of v ciory, lb.
Preach' . 1,451.
unprori ., 161.
"> supper, 532.
and hispeop
.g, l'2o, 131.
ieatb, 658, 595.
desire
fi r heaven, 6.59.
,423.
I \ lit and darkne-s,393.
our . . 71.
support in deatk.654.
desired I ving an i dying, 396, 654, v. *.
. ">6b.
in wo.
at his
. 9n.
• v. k
males death
m-ke. a hea\cti ui heaven, 171,
!>ublic dangers, 627,499,307,
I.
M ■
of the
and restoni ig
;o the kingdom. 19r>.
and dissolution of tins wor, .
Pride,*'.. • :t, 123, 129.
abase", Si;'. 1 —129.
deprc
and bunuir -
INDEX OF SUBJECTS.
Prick, atheism, and oppression, punished, 598.
599.
and death, 669.
Priesthood, of Christ, 51, 142, 260, 518.
Jevitical ending in him, 26!.
Priests and kings, christians made such, 273,
v. 7, 146, v. 2.
Prince of peace, 264.
Princes vain, 35, 36, 338.
Privileges, of the gospel valued, 123.
of the living, 637.
Prison, of the body, 659.
of the grave, 665. 413.
of sin, 17'.), 180.
of hell, 685.
Prisoners of Satan released, 179, v. 4.
Prodigal son. 322.
Profession of sincerity and repentance, 335.
Professions insincere', 333, 334, 683, 684.
Profit hindered by weakness of faith, and by
ignoiance and unbelitf, 451, 118.
Promises, fulfilled in Christ, 218, 219.
of the covenant, 'J00, 134.
faithfulness of God in them, 209.
and trutli of God unchangeable, 135.
our security, 1J4, 210.
interest in them deshed, 209.
pleaded, 208.
and threatnings,460.
Prophecies and types of Christ, 219.
Prophecy and inspiration, 97.
Prophet, Christ our, 269, v. 4, 270, v. 4.
priest and king, 265.
Prosperity, and ad\ ersity. 331.
dangerous, 4 10, 457.
of sinners vain, 456, 454.
Prosperous sinners cursed, 401, 669, 73.
Protection, from spiritual enemie.-, 353.
truth and grace. 79.
bv day and night, 64, 65.
o'f the churcii, 496, 182.
Providence, of God directing human affairs,
27.
over afflictions and death, 67.
bereaving, adored, 331.
executed by Christ, 273, v. 4, 5.
itsdarkness.71.
dark and frowning, attended with faith,
71.
prosperous and afflictive, 331.
its wisdom and equity, 74.
and creation, 62, 467 — 469.
general, and special grace, 75, 76.
and perfections of God, 75.
itsmvstery unfolded, 72.
recorded, 81,470,473.
in air, earth, and sea, 421,61, 62,78,80,
69, 76.
Provision; of the gospel, 195, 544, 552, 172,
v. 3—5.
of God's house, 75, v. 5, 6.
of the Lord's tabic, 533,545—547.
Prudence, christian, 320.
and zeal, 32 1.
Psalm, for soldieis,601, 609,610.
for old age, 596, :>97.
for husbandmen, 582.
for a funeral, 6*8, 0i I.
for the Loro's day, +12.
before prayer and sermon, 448.
for mag str'ates.616.
for a master of a family, 412.
for mariners, 70.
Psalm, for gluttons and drunkard*, 46SJ
for new Englr.nd,(07.
for the 5ih of November, 611,613.
for Great Britain, 584, 6<>6.
momiiigand evening psaltm,97 1—581.
Public, praise, i. r private mercies, 1 16, 1 18.
for dehverance, 124.
worship, absence frcm it complained
of, 42.
worship attended on, 122.
ordinances, the r benefit, 428.
prayer and prai e, 432, 84.
Publican and phansee,296.
Punishment, of sinners. 37,397, 398, 400, 404.
of unbelievers, 2*5, 283, 1 17.
and salvation, 462, 460, 465.
See Affliction— Hell.
Purity,of I eart, blessedness of it, 176, 389, v. 8.
of heavenly bliss, 686.
Purposes, holy, 351.
Qualifications of a christian, or of a church
memLer, 474 — 476.
Quarrelsome neighbours, 364.
Quietening grace, in regeneration, 147, v. 4.
after regeneration desired, 377, 341.
Race, the christian, 357.
unsuccessful wiihoutGod, 571, v. 4.
Rain from heaven, 583, 584, 47.
Ransom, Christ a, 24(5, 245.
Reading the scripture, 105,304.
Reas.n, feeble and groveling. 43.
carnal humbled, 128, 129.
Recovery, from the ruin of the fall, 82, 150, 199,
136.
praise for it, 138.
from sickness, 626, 630, 6^2.
Reconciliation <. f God and sinners in Christ,
145, 225.
Redemption, by Christ, 179, 180.
by price, 536.
by price and power, 137.
and protection, 138.
praise for, 136,277,224,225.
Refiner, Christ a, 266, v. 9.
Regeneration, its nature and author, 147.
longed for, 149, 86, v. 4, 5.
Rejoicing in God, 298—302.
Relative duties. 475, 416, 417.
Release by prayer, 380,382, 512.
Reliance on Go I, the reason and happines of
it, 35, 36.
on lhe promises derived, 210, 39, v. 9.
on Christ and the gospel, 181.
Religion, duties of it, 174, 151.
difficulty of it, 151.
pleasures of it, 301, 30?, 299.
prospects of it, 301, 302, 656.
and justice, 475.
in words and deeds, 174,475,305.
vain without love, 319.
iis supports, 174, v. 4.
christian, itsexceiknce, 116.
revivals of it pra\ed for, 382, 513,515,
516.
enjoyed, 382, 512, 380
tiourislu:ig in o'd age, 483.
Religious, education, 589, 81.
patents convey not grace, 148.
INDIA ol -I BJE< rS.
ml ot (Jliri
■nd I
Rtprian .
! . v. 4.
to the will .
to bereaving prow :
pron i ■- 196.
cm;
-168.
.
by pi
SESURRECrU 3, M3.
and death ol
.238,241,
a dinner, 668.
,85,37.
Rfti
\9i.
end uky.
of Christ to Jewi an J Gentiles, 123,
■ ; our own >i:^.
KV, due to G '
in worship, 4,'i, I r.
■
c wicked, 402.
i Ricke •
their \
I Rich sintwdy
uner
.
tlieir temper and i . 165.
thein
eiween tlie.andthev.
. ,01.
I
th in Christ, i
in ernal bre il
ami . v. I.
our own, ini .
.
jn i c roei 10, 13.
miction, K4, I
benefii
. delightful, 4*1. See bird's Day.
Sacrifice I
then.
faith
praise for i , 14.'.
and incarnation, l to.
ami intercession, 1 12.
at hom
in h
Safety,
Mr, 135.
. n the lunds of Christ, 207.
of I)
ai the fool of their i
ofthc
i
ami delight in lite church, I
and trumph of the church in national
des
beloi
■
and sinners their difference,
and biiineibdistini'uis.'ied by the mike,
the .1061
f i hem, .t06.
sa'e in evil tin .
secure in pul
and shiners portion, 105, 106.
arilir:
tr ed a ■
i
INDEX OF SUBJECTS.
Saints, rewar I at last, 681,394, 442.
ing'oiT,688,689.
and sinners end, 401, 400, 401. See
Righteous.
Sacraments, iheir u^c, 533.
... joyful sound, 187.
I \ Chn t, 193,191,203,201.
in the cross, 192.
of the worst or" sinners, 176.
of saints, 59S, 191, v. I.
bj -race in Christ, 188,190.
and Gud glorified, 193, 194.
and triutnpl .
and defence in God, 3S7.
Sanctificatiou, 176.
In Christ, 179, 180.
through faith, 181.
desired, 181, 178.
evidence of it. 174.
and pardon. '200.
justification am) salvation, 200.
Sanctified afflictions, 624, 403.
Sarah and Isaac, 18. v. 6,7.
Satan, subdued, '294.
his temptations 92, 93, 655,374. See
Devil, Temptations.
his fiery dart ,395, v. 2.
S xiisfaction of Christ, t-44, 147, 555.
Sceptre, of the gospel, 481, v. 4. 5i5, v. 4.
of grace, 12, v. 4.
touching the a p of it, 225, v. 5, 6.
Scoffers complained ot, 599.
Scriptures, sacred, compared with the book of
nature, 101,99,436.
. their perfection. 101.
their variety and excellence, 105,98,112.
instruction from them. 102.
reveal Christ, 97.
attended with the Spirit, 304,359, v. 1.
451, v. 5.
delight in the, 103,624.
he-lines, and comfort l;-jm, 104.
reading the, 304, 112, v. 6. 73, v. 6.
praise fin. 96.
5 a, God's dominion over, 21.
Se.U, of C list's blood, 135, 535.
the oath of God a, 133.
Sealing of the spirit, 343, 161, v. 2.
.0.
ar, 2—585.
Seaet dev< tion, 4r>8, 409, 50S.
Hhner awakened, U0.
Seed, of the woman, 199, 219.
of die promise to Abraham, 18, v. 6, 7.
of the word, 118.
of grace, 165, v. 5.
Seeking, God, 4J0, 73.
after Christ, 559.
and finding him, 563.
V- ^/-confidence, vain, 201.
relinquished, 155.
Se'f-etdrial, commanded by Christ. 94, 151.
"
S lf-di dicatii n, entire, 355.
joyful, 136. v. 5, 6.
v f-destruetion, J98, v. 3.
S./f-exatuination, or evidences of grace, 411.
336.
,44. 45
' >.ess, of die pharisee, 296.
I, 195,
renounced, 155, 1 58.
assisting fahh,l
, (ensures, forsaken, 349, 350.
Sen u il pleasures, dangerous, 347, 454.
$•-, (irate souls, heaven of, 406.
9erj ent, brazen, 281.
of God the highest joy, 439, 440.
Shjme, unchristian, 340.
Sheep, wander ng from Gcd'sfold, 216, v. 1,2
desirous of restoration, 17f, v. 5.
lost, restored, 216.
the weakest safe in Christ's hands, 207.
Shepherd, God, 166—168.
Christ, <246, 269, v. 6. 270, v. 6.
Shield, Christ a, 359, v. 1.
grace a, '20 1, v. '2.
Shipwreck prevented, 70.
Sh rtness i f time improved. 615.
Sickbed devotion. 622, 632, 626, 379.
Sickness, healed, 626, 630, 632.
and recovery, 633.
Sight of God. in his house, 428.
of Christ in heaven, 344.
mortifies to the world, 348, 173
of Christ beatific, 693.
makes death ea-y, 546, 655.
Signs, of Christ's coming, 591 '. 2 2.
of i. n planted grace, 411.
Sin, of nature, ft
original, 82, 86.
original and actual confessed and par-
doned, 84, 85.
and chastisement of saints, 461,465.
in dwelling. conviction of, lit),
against the law and gospel, 117.
evil of it, 89.
abounding, 599.
deoeitfulnessofit,90.
custom in it, 88.
folly and madness of it. 91.
the ruin of angels and men, 89.
the cause of Chi isfs death, 355, 384.
must be opposed, 151.
resolutions against it, 325, 326, 353.
prayer for victorv over it, 181, v. 5.
353, v. 5. 325, v. 5.
crucified, 352.
pardoned and subdued, 181,200, 176.
and misery banished from heaven, 687.
Sins of the tongue, 600, 589. 334.
Sinai, and Sion, 486.
commands not saving, 472. 152.
Sincerity,306, 160,332.
or evidences of grace, 411.
protest, 335, 336.
proved an i rewarded, 337.
and hypocrisy, 333.
and watchfulness, 437.
Sinnei , man by nature and practice. 87.
cursed and saint happy, 398, k)4.
and ,aints portion, 405, 406, 397, 101
681.
hatred and saints patience, 402.
destroyed and saints chastised, 403.
the vilest saved, 176.
death of the, terrible, 650.
rich dving, 0>>7.
aged dying, ~?.L'.
Slan ter, complained of, 87, v. 5.
deliverance from it,.'"
si AVl AT. of Satan, release from by Chris!
179.
of sin, freedom fin >m by Chi il
deliverance from it dewed, 1 10.
Weep, sweet, 294, v. 5.
piritual, lamented, 370,
Smites of Christ i
INDIA ol SUBJEC VS.
hated, H I.
ire of, 16", 104,
fur tilt
must
into h. II, '• .'.
omitted U>( hi i
I..-., :.
a
water ami L>.. u
his offices and opera)
bis influences represented by tl.e wind,
.
fruits of the, 165.
r.3,
his teaching desire 1,301, si
ilhed after, 341,
blessings and punishments, V>0.
dutie-, 174,
i
ene r.>- ', 385, 676.
meal drink and i
m n ledness, J",.».
pilgrimage, 391.
right-
chun .
ner beauty,
her i
Spting, or the |
and summer, i 0—12.
mmmeran
Sprinkling Of blood, ! H.
ai Christ's birth, •:■ .
improved,
>t trouble, li'
•!."r.
7,496.
: i4.
i
and
■. IV'.',
I tor,
■ ,~ I.
and
.1 Hi :
■
I, ( . -I '.
to de
■
to the word , readied desire
S;/,/ (f«, death, tiki.
andseaso table 'VI".
and
for CI
andkingdoi
Siiffi. iency, of p
Sttmm .
Summon
Sun, cbrii
in lai
imitatii
Superub
and com ort in Gi
for tli
undei
in prospect o
and ■ . ,141.
Swerd.oi the redeemt i
of the spirit, fif t, \ 5.
the namine,510, v. 7.
Sympathy of C\ . ik and tempted,
. v.6.
T.
' providence aad grace, 166 — U;8.
?, 172.
of the Lord's tuppe .
Teachings of the spun and word, 301.
TempU
e presented .
rid, 4 k
[uered by fait' .
in sickness overcome,
.
' lesertions lamented,
hope under slurp an II »ng, I 5.
si re
over<
Ttmptet
the lying, to
INDEX OF SUBJECTS.
Tender conscience, 290.
Testament, or new covenant sealed, 535.
Thanks, public, for private mercies, 433, 634.
Thanksgiving, for victory, 608.
for national mercies, 604.
Threatening, the first, 199i
Threateniugs and promises, 460.
Throne of grace, accessible by Christ, 422.
free to sinners, 158.
Thrones of judgment prepared for the saints.
407, v. 6—8
Thunder and Storm, 586, 54, 467, 47.
improved, 587.
Time misimproved, 642, 577, v. 2.
short, 639.
to be redeemed, 635.
end of it kept in view, 64 '■>.
Times, evil, 403, 404.
saints safety, and hope in them, 600,
599.
Title, a clear one to heaven desired, 395.
Titles and offices of Christ, 264— 270.
Tongue\ sins of it, 600.
glory of the frame, 629. v. 6.
governed, 321, 590, 589.
Travels, of the Israelites, 473, 4/ 1.
of spiritual pilgrims. 391.
Treachery complained of, 399, 600.
Treasure of a christian, 390.
Tree qfUfe, 540.
and river of love, 552.
Trial, of our graces-by afflictions, 13, 1S3.
of our hearts, 411, 336.
Trials, bee Afflictions, support under them,
95, '--89.'
grace shining in them, 360.
removed bv praver, 50S, 3S0.
Trinity, the united three, 139, 699, 712, 708.
praised, 691— 712.'
Triumfh. of Christ over the church's ene-
mies, 501,502,496, v. 6,7.
of faith, 289.
over death, 652. 674.
for salvation, 298.
for national victory, 609.
and safety of the church in national de-
solations, 499.
of saints at the last day, 407.
Troubles. See Afflictions, Temptations.
Trer, Christ compared to a, 26o, v. 4.
Trumpet, of the gospel, 195.
of the archangel, 646, v. 5. 6S4, v. 1.
Trust, in the Lord, 496, 157, v. 6, 7.
in the word, 209, 158, v. 4.
under afflictions, 67.
in the creature* vain, 338, 35,36.
in Christ recommended, 283.
well founded, 339.
in view of death, 664, v. 6.
Truth, grace, and protection, 79, 32, 35, 36.
and mercy evidenced, 184, v. 3—7.
and sincerity, 332.
Tumult, deliverance from it, 367.
•'Christ, 261.
and prophecies, 219.
U.
V -.belief, and impenitence, 285.
fik'e the spear in Chmfs side, 384.
danger of, 283.
lamented, 210, v. 5.
praye i against, 181.
destructive, 118.
punished, 450.
Unbelief, Canaan lost by it,450.
and envy cured, 402.
Unchangeable, God and his covenant, 133,37.
58.
love and grace, 135, 34.
promises, 209, 135, 495.
truth, 34, 135.
Uncharitableness and charity, 3 15.
Unconverted, state. 150.
old age, 592.
advice to the, 16, v. 4. 6S5, v. 6.
unfit for heaven, 686.
Unfruit fulness under the word, 4.M.
\ 'nhpfy mils not tit for heaven, 686.
Union, of Christ and saints, 534
to Christ desired, 266, v. 6.
of faith and works, 280.
of Jews and Gentiles, 482.
of saints on earth and in heaven, 4S6.
UNITY, of God, one in three, 699, 712, 70S.
of friends and kindred, 417.
of a family and of saints, 416.
of the church on earth and in heaven,
486.
Unseen saviour beloved, 312.
adored, 692. v. 7.
Unspeakable, love, 277.
joys, 312.
Use, of the moral law. 1 10, 152.
of positive institutions, 532.
V.
Vain di scours.", in company, 600.
none in 'heaven, 391. v. 1 1.
Value, of Christ and Its righteousness, 155.
of the soul, 664.
of the saints, 109.
Vanity, of man, 647.
of man as mortal, 640, 64 1,64S, 64 L
of life and riches, 669.
of vouth, alluring, 593, 594.
of 'the world, 347, 455, 458.
of self righteousness, 153, 155,195.
Veil, looking within the, .356, 288.
Vengeance, and compassion or God, 28.
against the enemies of the church, 614,
407, 16.
in hell, 685.
VICTORV,na'tional,hopcd and prayed for,602.
over sin and hell, 359.
over temptations in sickness, 625, 385.
over temporal enemies, 609.
thanksgiving for national, 608.
of Christ, over enemies, 501, 502.
over Satan, 716, 504.
over death and hell, 553.
and kingdom, 235.
of saints through Christ, 356.
in the spiritual warfare, 359.
and deliverance from persecution, 493.
over death and the grave, 651, 652.
ours, the praise Gorl's,359.
Vine, emblem of Christ, 266. v. 1.
Vinegar and gall offered to Christ, 232, v. 8.
Vineyard of God wasted, 487.
Virtue, shining in trials and afflictions, 306,
307, v. 4.
of men failing, 599, 600.
Virtues, christian. 3S9, 320, 151.
Vision of the Lamb, 274. See Sight.
Visit, waiting a gracious one. 172.
VOICE of God, in the Law, 106.
in the gospel, 195.
in the promises, 209.
INDEX OF SUBJECTS.
, %. \— »..
i v, .•,,>! wisdom, 197, 198.
or ins blood. I !-'■
till I
■ i ii in the . hui
Ol ll
an I promises, broken by the wicked,
Waiting^
■ Hon..; (-..
tot .hi answei top
■unco and
salvati s. •
.
i .mi l coming
, 157, v. \— 8.
iith,7l,659.
I A in God,
■no return n .
iiritun>, all to be supplied, 200, 112.
War, prayer in thne <■•.
tapp lintments therein, 601.
victor]
spirit
. christian, - «8,
i .- and victor] in it,
to magistrates, 619.620.
on and sanctification,
from •
in Clni-tN'
i.i desired, 181
Miss, ami pr-i •
over the toug
an l sincerity, i .7
and brotherly reproo
«, spiritual, united, I'^J, v. 5.
, 123.
I, 541.
, v. 11.
i,l
. U5.
encouraged b
shall 11,12.
i
I tle.iihtr, and seasons various,
thunder and lightning, >4,467, v. .'.
cloud. . nd tempests, 55,
V. \, ").
summer utd 585.
Welcome, to gospel mtnistei .
tothe Lord's day, in.
. to return and be happv, 635,
195-
i
in ; n mem and the righ-
leooa,
their -a 1,401.
Widtdmm, of man b-> nam
or corrupt i.i ».», cJOO.
orpractiealal
WiUkrness, See Jewish Chun h.
o. this, wori :.
1,8.
ro'tl
divine influen
W r I, 5.
! bread, ( mm :
-
WISDOA i;i'l unbounded, 38, v.
I— :.-.■ .
Of God in ; .
and equity of providence, 7 1.
, i /7.
. iys.
Christ urn, 17').
power and love in Christ,! IS.
■ the saints all Ratified above. 105,
Witness. o\ the spirit, 343.
the in « u !, to en islianity, 1 15.
Wonderful, Christ the, 264, v. .'.'
WORD, Christ thi .
made flesh, 2 12.
the written, relish for it, 165, v. I, ?.
read wim desire and delight, 105,304.
the preached, unprofitable through un-
belief,
. 151, v. 5. Sec
Scripture.
Words, of promises, sweet. 210.
of pei fori lance, 209,210.
and deed -
and <}c?i\s, of christians, l"4, 17
159—
Work, ct i
ufprovi lent
of providence ar.c
ot i re m<n, provi
of creation, providence, redemi
.\w\ salvation, 167— I
of tl i verful and rrracious-,
i
ring it mavbecomptete,394v.
ofChri-t and of the spirit, I
not sa v. 1.
Wotld^Ui crcati
its preservation, dissolution and resto
end oi
unsati 1, 170.
unwoitlv ui,!
ptations, HI.
cruc fnion to i >b\
I
hatred of it and siintN patic;.
prayer
H, V.'-'.
j itful, 172, r .
accepted thro' Chi
in a family, Ho.
put
INDEX OF SUBJECTS.
W> r h'-;, i>!are for it, 477, 478.
absence from it. 42, 63.
reverential, 447,421.
vain without sincerity, 333.
of heaven humble, 691.
HVM, of the soul, 664.
of Christ's righteousness, 155.
M'rith, and mercy of God, 29.
and mem- from the judgment seat, 679.
and vengeance, 685. See God, Punish-
ment.
Wrestling with doubts and fears, 356.
Y.
Yearly feasts at lerusa'em, 177.
J'ole, of Christ easv, 196.
Fate, of affliction,' 624, v. 3.
yon.'h.iis vanitv, 593.594.
reminded of judgment, z7>.
exhorted to remember their creator,
592.
an hopeful one falling short of heaven,
591.
7.
ZEAL of Christ, f229,\93.
scandalized, 231, v. 9.
inspiring the saints, 356.
christian, the extent of it, 355, v. 3, 4.
and prudence, 321.
and fortitude, 340.
in the christian race, 357.
for the gospel, 339.
for Go r, 355.
against sin, 326.
want of it lamented, 370.
excited, 637.
Zechariatfs song, 520.
Zion, its beauty and worship, 4S"5.
cit zen of it described, 474, 475.
its safety, 497.
and Sinai, 486.
the residence of God, 478, 477.
the joy of the saints, 418, 419.
the glory of the earth, 496. See Church.
INDEX OF SCRIPTURES,
\ I R\ MUCH ENLARGED.
(.1 NESIS.
... M
.... \ 6. no
v ."i. n
W. 1,4 ..
B. 18 vS
IT. 7
17. 7, 10
17. 17.... v 6,7,18
:
IB. 17 ....
• 50. 20, 21 .... 7 1
EXODUS.
3. lo . . .
- 11, :h.
10. 13,14
I ■. 159
13. 21 ... . \
IV 1,6, 10 ..
15. 3 ....
16. 4, 14,1*.... 499
io. 16 — 18
30. 8
31. 23,24 .... 177
r.r\ii
8. U .... I
14. 51 ....
16. 6, ii, 17. ji.
16. r> — \
;;crs.
41
II. 1,1. 10. v7,
11. 6— .
XX II ... . v I
v 17, 18, 159
472
.'I. 24— .
v 4| 467
".. 19
ii. 38
I)!l ilRONOMY.
ib.
14. 1—8 c •!. 656
v 1,472
,16 .... 471
1, 15 209
JUDGES.
13.8
RUTH'.
J. i J .... \ 6) H
l SAMUEL.
12. 2^
■:iT.r .
1 KINGS.
0 .... 123
228
2 KINGS.
& 17 498.
I ( HRONIC1 Iv
15. 1 .... 177. 17s
16. l .... 177.478
2 ( [1RONIC1 i ».
9. 7, 17—10 .
EZRA.
'.. II 77
9. 6 .... 379. 2! 6
9. 13 .... v2, 30
v5, 31
M HEM1AH.
9. 7.S.... v4,287
9. 10
0. 11.470 v 2,21
9. 12 .... i
9. a .... .
lOB.
1. ft-13 v .5, 1.18
1. 21
2. 1-
.;. 14, 15 ..
4. 17-21 .... 647
5. 6— fi
.... \ 1. |2
9. l"
11.7-9 .... 1.
11. 7—12 .
71
11. 1
v 5, 3%
... v5,541
v ... 12
26. ii—i4 ...
3d. 7 .... \
41. 1, 21,31 v/,, 21
PSA1 MS.
... .77
6. 6 \
0. 17 661
17. II 156
I"- 1—3
19. 5—9 .... 571
21.7—10
K). 2, J
16.9 .... v 5,267
46.5,6 497
H 197
IS. 14 ...-'-
19.6—10 ..
49. 14 407
51. 5
51. 10 »4,94
55. 6—8
'...11 v 4 -
68. 17
68. 19 v 4—7, 639
.... 170. 171
77. 10 71
-19 .... 25
HI. 10 HI
B5. io <
I J. 7
89. 14 .... v 7, 38
(i66
90. 1,2
"0.0
i"). 1,2
101. 1
29 ... 21
no.;
111.9 .... v3, 218
116. 12
lis. 24 411
H9.5 ....
119. -1
3 17
-. I
140 604
INDEX OF SCRIPTURES.
PROVFRBS.
3. 24 v 3, 5,577.578
6. 6— 11 v2,370
8.22—32 .... 197
8.34—36 .... 198
9. 5 547
17.17 ....v6, 267
v 6, 266
18. 1 '..408
18.24 .... v6,267
v 6, 268
ECCLESIASTES.
1.2 455
8.8 667
9.4-6,10.... 63-.
11.9 .... 593.594
12. 1,7 592
12. 14 .... 593.594
SOLOMON'S SONG.
1. 2—5, 12, 13, 17
558
1.7 559
2. 1 .... v 5,266
v5, 301
2. 1—4, 6,7.... 560
2.3 .... v 1,301
2.3,4 540
2.8—13 .... 561
2.14,16,17.... 56<z
2. 16 300
3. 1—5 .... 563
3.2 564
4.1,10.11,7,9.8 565
4. 12,14, 15 566
5. 1 566
5.9—12,14-16 567
5. 10—16 vlS, 266
6. 1—3- 12 . .
7.5,6,9.12,13 569
8.5—7.13,14 570
8.6 .... v3.2SS
ISAIAH.
1. 25 v9,266
7.14,145 v 1,266
8.20 v5.c3
9.2 .... 203,204
9.2,6,7 .... 264
14. 12 v3,89
26. 1 138
26. 1—6 496
26. 8—20 .... 603
26. 12 .... \6. 151
28. 12 455
28. 16 479
v 13, 266
28.20 153
32.2 192
33.14 )6
35.8 127
38. 9 &:c 633
40.9.10 .... 123
40. 17 .... v6,69l
40.27—31 202
40.23—31 .... 557
42.21 .... 141. 140
48.85 16!
44. 22 163
3 ..
45. 1,
45.7 ....
45.9
45. 21—24
45.24 ....
48. 10 ...
49. 13-17
50. 10, 11
52. 7—10
53. 1—5, 10-
53.6—9, 12
53. 8
53. 10, 11
5.5. 1,2,7
55. 1,2,7
57.15,16
59. 20
61.10 ....
62. 1,2,6,8,
63. 1—3....
63.4-7
65.17 ....
65.20 ....
v7,609
.... 574
. v i, 42
203, 204
. ... 154
v 9, 266
495
.... 153
.... 123
-12 245
... 246
v3,212
v 1.251
... 195
... 200
... 26",
v 5, 268
... 156
123
50 1
502
1 49
592
JOEL.
1.5
2. 15—17 ..
11
JEREMIAH.
2.2 564
2.6 391
8.21,22.91 v2, 121
9.23,24 127
13.23 88
14.22 v5,47
23.6 .... 179. 151
36.2,4,17,18,22,23,
25,27—29,32
v2,97
LAMENTATIONS.
1. 12 327
3.23 574
EZEKTEL.
16.8 .... v3, 4,564
16.63 145
33.30,31 .... 451
36.25—27 200
36.26 371
37.4, 10.... v 5, 188
v J, 121
DANIEL.
2.21 617
2.44 262.241
3. 12, 16.... v 4, 165
4.34,35 .... 42.39
6.13 v4, 165
6. 10 410
7. 14 514
IIOSEA.
2. 14 561
2. 19,20 ... 565
3.5 .... 317. 132
6.4.3.... 375.465
6. 6 108
7. 11 575
10.2 v3,347
11. 4 v 4, 5,642
v 3, 4, 408
13. 9 181
14. 9. v 8, 9 607. 473
AMOS.
4. 12 .... 666.659
5. 21—25 108. 682
8.9, 10 601
9. 2, 3 10
JONAH.
2.2 330.70
2. 3 292
2.4 631
v 14, 266
MICAH.
2.7 v4,425
2.10 455
5.2 215
6 6—8 108
7.7 157. 158
7. 18, 19 163. 200
NAHUM.
1.2—7 29
1.2-9 587
1. 15 .... 123.3511
HABAKKUK.
1.2 .... 376.374
1.4 4)0
2.4 283.284
2. 12,13 500
2.14 514
3. 8—10, v 6— 9,470
471
ZEPHANIAH.
3.12 376.292.329
3.14—17 499.500
HAGGAI.
2.7 .... v5,6,218
ZECHARIAH.
2.5 .... v 2, 606
6. 13 .... v 4,518
12. 10 384.326
13. I....v4,181. 200
v8,266
13.9 ... v9,266
13.7 251
MALA CHI.
3. 1 .... v 3, 269
3.3,4 .... v9,266
4.2 .... v 16,266
v 3, 149
MATTHEW.
2.1 — 11 .... 220
3.7 v 2.518
3.9 148
4. 1 — 11....V3.226
4. 16 .... 203, 201
5.3—12 ...
7.12 107
7. 13. 14 . .
v 1, 6, 397
9.12
".5 24C
11. 19 .... v6, 267
v 6, 268
11.25—27 128.129
11. 28—30 .... 196
12.20 206
12.50 v6,267
v 6, 268
13.16. 17 .... 123
13.45,46.... \3,98
13.49,50 v7,228
14.25 .... v6,250
16.18 479
16.24 94. 151
17.4 301
17.27 .... v 6,250
18.20 .... 477.478
19.27 355
19. 28.... v 5— 8,407
21.9 444. 445.715
21. 15,16 588
22. 17—21 .... 615
22.44 517
22.37— K) .... 106
-24. 12 v 5, 59J
25.31,32 ...v7,267
v7,2-8
25. 33 v 6, h)0
25.34,41,46... 678
v 7,8,680
27.35 252
27.46 548
28.1—8 443
28. 18,20 114
28. 19,28 .... 525
26. 26—30 533. 535
27. 29 v6,692
27.45 .... v4,327
26.53 228
27.51—53 .... 240
MARK.
2.17 91
4.33 .... v 2,269
5.1—16 .... 91
9.24 ... v3, 181
10.14 '527
10.21 591
10.28.... v 3, 4, 355
14.22-26 533.535
15.17 .... v 6,692
15.24—45 .... 252
15.33 .... v4,3?7
15.34 543
16.2—6 443
-17 ....114
16.15—18 .... 279
LUKE.
1.26 498
1.30—33 .... 215
1.46—50,54.55 218
1.6S. 69.76— 79 590
2. 10—14 .... 215
2. 13 .... 4 -
2. 25, 28,36,38 ". -a
2.27—32 6^.j>n
3. 4. 5 v
5. 4, 6 . . . 9.<
INDEX OF 9( RTPTURES.
. i ..in
IS. 11-
-
34. l — .
.11 .... 212
I. 13 147
I. Id ....
I. 17 117
I. 17
... 147
Ill
130
— 18 ....283
209
■
10.10
14.6 '
Id. U . .. v 7, 1 H
Id. 16
rx.4
v K 190
1 ...
.... 617
V
15, Id) i'
1.9
l. 11
a, i -
11
. . . \
4. 1 J
.
-2S
.... 262
\ 5, 1 ' r
1 >. 15-
-17
... Ill
17.30
ROMANS.
1.16 131.1a
2.4 ....
2.5 v J. 29
3. 10— IS v 1,5,87
159
in
4.6—8. .
277
.V8 ISO
.... s<;
83
6. 1.2,6 .... 352
0.3-6 526
6.9 .... v 5, 6, 252
7.11 90
.... 175
8.1 177
8.13 151
71
9.21—23,20 126
In. 4
lit. Is
11.2
II. Id. 17 ...
IS. 14 . . . . i
13. 1-7
14.17,19 ...
... .
I COklYJIIl W-.
,24 120
I
1*30
1
5.11 .... >
■. -I ....
I. U .....
■
(i. 10, II
10.31 ....
11.1...
13. 10, . .
15.55—57 ... 651
2CORINTHIANS.
l . l .'
2. 11
8.16 118
-3 659
■-.7
5.14 130.131.539
5.14,15 ll
5. 19 145
9. 15
10.17 1.7
56*
11. 14
GA1 \ir.
. ill
-
1."
5.14 .... v 3, 106
90
EPHESIANS.
125
1.7
1.13,14 ...
1.17—20 ..
... \ 2,187
456
2.13 ISO
3.0,10
!. 15 •
4. 17— i-i .... 88
-32 314
565
6. 16 ....-,
PHII.IPPI.W-
665
- SIS
13d
3.7—9
4. 8 332. , .
COLOSSIANS,
1.9—13 .... 342
1.14
1.16
l . » 148
3.3 .... 3
3.4
3.5 151
3.16 103
5ALONIANS.
4.13—17 ...
4.16 .... i
5. 10 553
1 TIMOTHY.
1. H
1. 13 wS,4
INDEX OF SCRIPTURES.
2. 1—3 615
2 5 422
x6,'2&7
v 6, 268
3. 15 477
3. 16 145
v 6,2 12
6. 16 v2,38
2 TIMOTHY.
1.9,10 190
1. 12 .... 339.395
2.1 v4, 556
3-5 94
3.15.16 .... 96
3.16.17 .... 97
4.6— 8, 18 .... 658
4.7,8 358
TITUS.
1.2 135
2.10—13 .... 174
2.13 .... v6,538
3.3—7 188
HEBREWS.
1.1,2 96
1.3 .... v 2,267
1.5 .... v4, 211
1.6 217
1.7 .... 227.228
1. 10—12 .... 649
1. 14 227. 228. 498
2. 5—9 .... 250. 95
2.9 235
2. 10 .... v 11,269
2. 14—18 .... 136
3.3,5,6 .... 117
3.7—11 449.450
3. 13 90
4.2 451
4. 7 449. 450
4. 15,16 206
5. 7 206
5. 12—14 .... 451
6. 11, 12 .... 356
6. 17—19 .... 135
7. 22 .... v 7, 269
7. 23—27 .... 260
7. 1,3.21,23—25 518
7. 25 .... v2,265
9.7,12,24,25 260
9- 11, kc. v8, 269
9. 14,26 .... 536
9.26 .... 140. 141
9. 27 643
10. 1 219
10. 1—12 .... 261
10.4—9.... 140. 141
10. 12 v8,269
10 19, 20 422
10.28 117
11. 1,3,8, 10 286
12. 1—4 356
12. 2 281
v 5, 190
12 15 ... v 6. 87
12. 18—23 .... 486
12.24 142
12.29 24
13. 7, 8 649
13. 10, 15 v 6, 445
JAMES.
1. 17 v5, 38
1.26 .... v5, 151
2. 10 HI
2. 17—20,26 280
4. 7 93
4. 14 639
1 PETER.
1.3—5 239
1.7 .... v9,266
18 .... 312.282
1. 11 235
1 18, 19 ...
2 2 16;
2.4,6.......
2. 21 .... v 5,26;'
2.21,22 .... 226
2. 24 141. 140
3-18 353
5.8 93
2 PLTER.
1.19 97
3. 5 — 15 616
3.7—14 .... 45b
1 JOHN.
1.7 163
2.1 v 9, 269
2. 16 454
2- 19 94
2. 20, 27 v 4, 167
3. 1-3 164
3 5 141
3. 8 .... v 5, 190
5.4,5 454
5. 6,8 5i.
5. 10 115
JUDE.
6 130. 131
24,25 18<)
REVELATION.
1.5— 7.... 146. 554
1. 10 .... 414. «
2. 7 540
274
273
271
2.26,27 .... 40»
2.28 ... v 5,516
3.21....V 6—8.407
4. 4, 10, 11 .... 691
5.5—11 v4,267
v 4, 268
5. 6—9
5.6,8-12.
5 11 — 13 .
5. 12 272
6.2 .... v 10,269
6. 11-17 v 4,5,-9
6. 15, 16.... v 4, 267
v 4, 268
v 5, 587
7.9, 15 v 3,556
7. 13-17 668689
7. 16, 17 .... 521
11.15 676
12. 11 356
12. 7—12 .... 504
12. 12 .... 92. 93
14. 10, 11 .... 678
14. 13 653
15.3 .... 275.503
15. 3,4.... v 10,269
16. 19 503
17.6 503
18. 20,21 .... 305
19. 13 v3,2o3
19. 16 .... v 3, 267
v 3, 268
20. 15.... v 4, 5, 388
2.1. 1-4 521
.'1.5—8 680
21.27 686
22. 1,2, 14 552
22. 2 v 4, 266
22. 2, 14 .... 540
22.16 v4, 15, 266
22. 20 1 46
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Dr. Watts's llvmns and Psalms, that all of them together would
not furnish a sufficient variety for every subject of consideration
which might arise in the course of the christian ministry." Time,
general use of the Hymns, and a frequent recurrence to the In-
dex of their subjects, have since united to prove that these ap-
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iv PREFACE.
prehensions were not altogether unfounded or problematical ; and
that there was reason for intimating, " that too great a variety
of evangelical Hymns, for public worship, is a thing scarcely con-
ceivable. "
The truth is, respecting the selection at least, that, with all its
diversity of subjects, even considered as an Appendix to Dr. Watts,
it has been found rather deficient than redundant. Hence on
mature deliberation, and with the advice and assistance of some
of my most respectable brethren in the ministry, and other dis-
tinguished friends, I have enlarged this edition, by the insertion,
under proper heads, of more than sixty Hymns. The far great-
er part of these are entirely originals, and are duly placed
under the protection of the law.
To distinguish those in the enlargement, which are my own
compositions, would neither add the embellishments of piety or
poetry to them, nor, perhaps, answer any other valuable end.
It may suffice to say, that, with no inconsiderable attention, I have
endeavoured to introduce Hymns on such subjects as were not
to be found in the volume, and on heads which are interesting
and popular ; I mean of general use, and therefore of the great-
est consequence. A few are inserted on the Trinity, on the Di-
vinity of Christ, and on the Work of the Holy Spirit. Rut the
greater part of the additions consist of Hymns adapted to Village
Worship, to Monthly Prayer Meetings for the Spread of the
Gospel, to Missionary Meetings, and to the chapter of Hymns
before and after Sermon ; — a chapter this, which there was but
little danger of protracting to an undesirable length. The sec-
tions on Affliction, Death, and Judgment, have also received
some enlargement ; and so have the Indexes, both of scriptures
and of subjects.
This new edition, which I hope competent judges will find to
be an improved one, I present, with the utmost respect and affec-
tion, to my fellow-labourers, to the churches, and to the indivi-
duals, of different denominations, both at home and abroad, who
have either statedly or occasionally used the former copies.
And now, with all the solemnity of an entire dedication, I com-
mit the volume to thy care, patronage, and special blessing, —
O thou infinitely beautiful and bountiful Being ! to whom I am,
of all the sons of Adam, peculiarly indebted; beseeching thee,
PREFACE. v
for the sake of my crucified and ascended Redeemer, to grant,
'* Thar, however weak and contemptible this work may seem
" in the eyes of the children of the world, and however imper-
M feet it really may be, as well as the author of it unworthy, it
" may, nevertheless, live he/ore the*, and, through a divine
M power, be mighty," to lessen the miseries and to increase the
holiness and bliss of multitudes, " in distant places, and in ge-
" Derations yet to come! impute it not, O Gon, as a culpable
" ambition, if 1 desire, that, whatever becomes of my name, this
" work may be propagated far abroad ; that it may reach to
" those who are yet unborn, and teach them thy name, and thy
" praise, when the author has long dwelt in the dust : that so,
" when he shall appear before thee in the great day of final ac-
" count, h\i joy may be increased, and his crozen brightened, by
" numbers before unknown to each other and to him ! But if this
" pe/i/io/i be too great to be granted to one who pretends no
" i laim to hope for being favoured with the least, give him to be,
u in thine almighty hand, the blessed instrument of converting
" and saving one soul; and if it be but one, and that the meanest
" and weakest of all the human race, though it should be amidst
" a thousand disappointments with respect to others, yet it shall
" be the subject of immortal songs of praise to ihee, O blessed
" God, for and by every soul whom, through the blood of J tsi s,
" and the grace of thy Spirit, thou hast saved; and everlast-
" ing honours shall be ascribed to the I'aihkr, to the Son,
" and to the Holy Spirit, by the innumerable company of
" angels, and by the general assembly, and the ehureh of the
11 first-born in heaven. Amen \n
JOHN RIPPON.
So. 1 1, G ranee Road,
.', 1800.
*** The number of the Hymn always answers to the number of the page : '
thus— Hymn 33 Page 33
Hymn 433 Page 433
Hymn 570 Page 570
N. B. The number that follows the name of the Tunes refers to Dr. Nippon's
Tune Book y thus —
Hymn 6— Bedford 91 that is, Tune 91. in the Selection of Tune'.
TABLE
TO FIND ANY HYMN BY THK FIRST LINE.
llvmn and Page
Aokhior to mercy atone
A fulness reside*.. ISO
A .good high priest b come iyo
Adam our lather and our head
Afflicted aint to Christ draw near 193
All l dull sunn be dying 2d Hart SSO
Ah wretched sonJi who strive m vain
Alas what hourlvdangeisr.se
All hail incarnate God 430
All hail the p.iwer of Jesus name 177
Almighty Father gracious Lord 37
Almighty maker God ! 345
Atmightj maker of my frame
Am 1 atoldierof shecroni 228
Ami I the splendors of thy state, '2d Part 12
And a: t ti.ou with u> gracious Lord .
And be it so that till this hour 230
And can my heaii a-pire so high ...
And did the holy an 1 the iust .... .
And have I Christ no love to thee 852
And is the gospel peace and love 166
Aloud we sing the wond'rous grace 258
And must 1 part with all 1 have SB
And will the eternal King '298
And will the judge descend 572
And will th* offended God again '299
•oil the rock away . 142
A no her si v days work is done 3-18
Arise my tenderest thoughts aiise 42
Atcead thy throne ahnigntj King 370
As on the crost the Saviour hung t>0
As showers on meadows newh mown.. '205)
Adum'd ot Cnri-t my soul disdain 280
Assist us Lord thy name to praise 326
Astonished and dhtrest'd 4<>
At anchor laid remote from home '2\_2
Attend my ear my heart rejoice 573
Atten 1 je children of voir God 470
Awake awake the sacred son,' 131
Awake awake thou mighty arm, 4;h Pan 420
Awake any soul In joyful toys 13
Awake my soul Stretch every nerve .... 30*2
m< 349
Awake our SOull an.) bless la- name.... 165
Awake tweet grantu ie and ting 1"' I
Awake ye taint! and rax- youi eyes .
nj unbe ieving feat
Awhile r'emain'd the doubtful suite 511
B
Backsliders who your misery feel 176
Before thy throne eternal King
Begone unbelief
Behold long wished fbrspring noosni
Behold th* expected time dra i
B hod the leprous Jew 102
Behold the sin atoning lamb ITS
Behold the sons the heirs of God '2:V
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Beset with snares on evorv hand 297
BteaAJ be the tie thai Bin it
BfeStM JesUS source Of grace divine 208
Hle-s'd is the man whose heart expand]
Bteatfd men who stretch tbeiiwiUing hands292
Blessed are. the sons of God ; )•
Blessed Redeemer how divine 24*2
Blow )e the trumpet blow 57
C
Children of the heavenly King 240
Christ our nassoverb slain 186
CI list tbe Lord is riven to-day 141
Come even pi us heart ...'.
Come gracious bpuit heavenly dove 207
Come guilty souls and nee away 376
Come holy -spirit come '. '2d Pait 211
Come humble sinner in whose breast
Come let m? love or is my mind '25 1
Come Lord and help us to rejoce
Come I Old and warm each languid heart 583
Come see on blood> Calvaiy 478
Come smners satth the mighty God in
Come thou fount of every blessing 509
Come thou long expected Jesus
Come ihou soul transforming Spirit 368
Come weary souls with sin disiress'd 1 17
Come yesinners ix)or ami wietched 115
Come ye that fear the Lord 137
Come ve that love the Saviour- n.nne .. 175
Compai'd with Christ in all beside 204
Curst be the man for ever curst 52
D
Day of judgment day of wonders 577
Dead be mv heart 10 all bel< w
Dear friend of friendless sinners hear . .
Dear Lord an I shall ihj Spirit rest
Dear Loid and will thy pardoning love.. 4k)
Dear Lord though bitter a (he cup —
Dear Lordwh) should 1 doubt ..2d I'
Dear refuge or my wear] so d 3;6
De ir Savioui make me «, ise to see
. : at we aie thine 81
Dear Saviour when my thoughts recal
Dear shepherd of tb\ people hear
Dearest Saviour help thy servant
Death with his dread commission sea
Deep are the wounds which sin has ir...
Deluded souls who think to find 400
Deprave I mind- on ashes feed
Descend celestial dote
I holy Spirit the dove 214
Did Chi i-t o'er nnnets weep
Di-miss us with
Do not I love thee O my lord
Dost thou my profit seek 5K>
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Eanh has engrcss'd my love loo long. . . . 588
Empty'd of earth I fain would be., lit Pt. 212
Encompas'd with clouds of distress 220
Enquire j e pilgrims for the way 405
Enslav'd by sin and bound in chains .... 70
Eternal God aim gl ty cause 2
Eternal God enthron'd on high 524
Eternal power whose high abode 26
Eternal source of every joy 508
Eternal Spirit source of light 211
Eternal wisdom tl.ee we praise 29
Eternity is just at hand 548
Exal ee! Prince of Life we own 2<>9
ExertUiy power thy ri°htsmaintain,2d Pt.418
FairSion' King wesuppli.int \ww ....
Faith adds new charms to earthly bliss
Faith 'tis a precousgrace
Father at thy call I come
Father divine thy percing eye
Father God who seest in me
Father how wide thy glory shines
417
'J 18
217
270
332
76
112
Father is nut thy promise pledg'd, 2d Pt. 419
Father of all thy care we bless 335
Fathcrof faithful Abram hear .. 1st Part 422
Father of glory to thy name 22
Father of mercies how thine ear 426
Father of mercies in thy house 407
Father of meicies in thy word 46
Father of mercies send thy grace 257
Father, Son, and Holy Spirit . . 1st Part 397
Fa ther wha te'er of earthly bliss 319
For a season call'd to parr 5 15
Forgiveness 'tis a joyful sound 87
Frequent the day of God returns 350
From whence ihisfearand unbelief 221
From winter's barren clods 4S'9
Give glory to God ye children of men . . 396
Glorious things ofthee are spoken, IstPt. 418
Glory to God on high 387
Glory to God who reigns above 185
Glory to th' eternal king 10
Glory to thee my God this nifcht 496
Gofavour'd Britons and proclaim. 4th Pt.4:8
Go forth ye Saints behold your. . 4th Part 421
Go said the voice of heavenly .. 5th Part 418
Go tear-h the nations and baptize 4'4
God in the Gospel of his Son 54
God i>. a name my soul adores 23
God moves in a mystei ious way 34
God of eternity from thee 544
God of my life to thee belong 511
God wiih'us O glorious name 174
Grace 'tis a charming sound Ill
Gracious Lord incline thine ear 296
Great i uthor of th' immortal mind .... 24
Great Father of mankind 406
G. eat former of this various frame 5
Great God amid the darksome night. ... 199
Great God my Maker and my King 18
Great God now condescend 33'i
Great God of providence thy ways 35
Great God of wondei s all thy ways 85
Great God upprest with sjrief and fear . . 330
Great God the nation* of the earth 42(
Great God thy watchful care we bless.. . 339
Great God 'tis from thv sovereign, 1st Pt. ill
Great God to thee I'll make .... 2d Part 231
Great God to thee my evening song 49;>
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Great God we in thy courts appear 452
Great God we sing that might) hand 510
Gi eat God what hosts of angeh stand .. 307
Great God where'er we pitch our tent . . 333
Great leader of thine Israel's host 317
Great ruler of the earth and skies 531
Great spirit of immortal love 256
Guide me O thou great Jehovah 567
Hail mighty Jesus how divine 77
Haii thou once despised Jesus 75
Happy beyond description he 227
I lappy the man who finds the grace 201
Happy the man whose cautious steps 261
Hark for 'tis God's own Son that calls . . 93
Hark the ^lad sound the Saviour comes 134
Haik the herald angelssing 130
Hark the voice of love and mercy 71
Hark 'tis our heavenly leader's voice 328
Hasten O sinner to beuise 2d Part 116
He comes he comes 'o judge the world 578
He dies the friend of sinners dies 474
He lives the great Redeemer lives 152
Hear gracious God my humble moan . . 308
Hear gracious sovereign from thy throne 210
Heaven has confirmed the great decree 565
Help and salvation Lord 1 crave, 2d Pait 296
Here a t thy table Lord we meet 483
Here Lord my soul convicted stands .... 50
Holy and reverend is the name 17
Holy, hoy, holy Lord 2d Part 222
Hoi) wonder heavenly grace 347
How are thy servants hless'd O Lord 36
How charming is the place 341
How did the powers of darkness rage ..314
How firm a foundation ye saints of the
Lord 128
How free and boundless is the grace — 362
How gracious and how wise ... .2d Part 542
How great how solemn is the work 453
How great how terrible that God 570
How happy are we 62
How happy is the pilgrim's lot 300
How haii thou 1 ord f. om year to year . . 502
How keen the tempter's malice is 155
How long O God has man been, 2d Part 421
How long shall death the tyrant reign .. 569
How long shall earth's alluring toys 546
How long thou faithful God shall 1 364
How lovely how divinely sweet 343
How many years has man been driven.. 421
How oft alas this wretched heart 86
How precious is the book divine 43
How lull I my Saviour set fortli 151
How shall the sons of men appear 377
Howstfttht words my Saviour speaks.. 5i7
How various and how new 547
How vast the bles.ing- howdi\ine,2d Pt. 284
Humb e souls who seek salvation 445
I
I ask'd the Lord that 1 might grow 321
I come the great Redeemer cries 193
I hear the counsel of a friend 3d Part 121
I'm in a world of hopes and fears, 3*1 Part 2 15
(mmanuel sunk « ithdieadtul woe, 2d Pt. 135
I my LbenezerraLe 512
I would but cannot sing 309
if duty callsandsufleringstoo ..2d Part 293
If God is mine then present things, 2d Pt. 287
If Lord in thv fair book of life . . 2d Part 382
If secret fraud should dwell 283
THE FIRST LIM>.
Hymn
Indulgent God to thee I raise . . 3d P
Infinite excellence n thine 164
In Jordan's tide die Baptist stands K9
. of sublime adoration and praise 110
In tweet exalted strains 338
In uSe floods of tribulation — IstP
In thee thou all sufficient (><*( 441
n heaven or earth who can i
In vain ///W/f>..' silver tongue 3<>0
In vain the riddy world inquires 189
in what contusion earth appears
Is Jesus mine I'm now prepared
Israel in ancient euyi
It is the Lord entliron'd in light
Jehovah speaks seek re my tace, Bd Part H4
Jesusand shall it ever be
Ic»us at tin command :>ui
•mmiMon'ii irom above
lesus full of all compassion
iesuj I love thy charming name 173
BUS how precious is tin name 191
Jesus I sing thv mate bless gi BOB 178
Ictus immutably the same 906
Je.us is our great salvation 196
Jesus let thy pitying eye 313
. ei of my sou) 305
{csus mighty King in Sion 449
| all to heaven is gone sOI
lesus my Lord how rich thy grace I J
jesusmy love my chief delight 171
mus my Saviour and ray God 106
lesus O word divinely sweet 475
lesus our souls delightful dunce 219
lesus since thou art still to>day 189
lesus lh' eternal s» n of God
lesus the heavenly lover gave 156
lesus the Lord out toukadose 167
Jesus the spring of joys divine 196
Jesus tin blood and righteousness 84
lesui we claim thee tor our own 17s
Jesus we hani; u|>on the woid Wr>
Jesus when taith with fixed eyes 477
Keep silence all created things 9
Kind are the wonts that Jesus speaks
I in Christ for his dear sake 314
Salem bless my soul In
Let avarice from shore to shore 45
nultuousrise, 1st I'i. J 17
Let others boast their ancient line . . .
Let ]>arty names no more
Let lion':, watchmen all awake 410
Let those who bear the chiistun nan
Lift up VOUff joyiul eyes anil see, :>d Part 4.*-'
Light of those whose dreary dwelling. ... 183
Lite Israel Lord ami 2dP
Lo be coine> with clouds descending .. 576
Lo he ivmeth countless trumpets 575
Lo wisdom stan Is with smiling face, 'id Pt. 121
Look down O Lo d with inlying eye
Look fromon high great (iod .. id Part 3fil
Look up ye s.i nis (street your eyes
Lord ami thine entnely time 4!1>
D I am I yet alive 16
Lord at thv feet we tinners Ik
Lord at thy table I beheld
Lord didst thou die bat not tor me .
Lord dismiss us with thy bles ing
Lord dost tnou shew a corner-stone .
Lord God omnipotent lo bless, 1st Part 389
Hymn »nd
Lord shed a beam of heavenly day, 2d Pi
Lord had thou made me know thy ways
Lord how delightful 'tis to see .. 2d Part
Lord how large thy bounties arc
Lord how shall wren hed sinneis dare ..
Lord 1 am paui'd hut I resign
Lord I am vile what shall I say
Lord l cannot lei thee go
Lord it thou thj grace impart
tin '
IX
105
119
401
536
Loid let me see thy beaoteout I
Lord must 1 die O let me die .
Lord o/hosts how lovely fair
Lord shall we part with gold fa
Lord thou hast been thy children's God
Lord thou lust bid tin people pray
Lord thou with m\ unerring beam
Lord thy pervading knowledge strikes .. 28
Lord 'tis an infinite delight . .
Lord 'twas a timeot wotid'rouslovc, 2(1 Pt. 2W
Lord »i'o me before thee now
lord wi.en l read the traitors doom 580
I old whin out raptured thought miu
Lord u hen we tee a saint of ihine
Lord with a gaievld and aching heart . . 2'Jo
Loud let the tuneful trumpet sound 58
M
May the grace of Christ our saviour .... 392
Methiokt the ast great day is come 571
Might) G.-d while angels blest thee .
'Mong all the priests of Jewish race 191
Mortals awake wiih angels join 129
Must all die charms of natuie then 520
My brethren from my heart Ix-lov'd 416
My captain sounds th* alarm of war .... 303
My Gi d assist me while I raise
My God how cheerful is the sound
My God the covenant ot thy love ()7
Mj Godthi boundless love we .. 2d Part 2*>7
what silken cordsare . . 1st Part 216
M\ grace SO weak, my sin so strong 2d Pt.215
My graciouj Redeemer I'll love
My grateful tongue immortal king
My rising soul with strong desires '.'7
My Saviour let me hear On voice 89
Ms torrawa like a flood...'. 88
My soul with ioy attend lo.l
My thoughts that often mount .. 1st Pait V<0
My times of mm row and of joy 276
My waken'd soul extend thy wings 2d Pt. 570
N
No more dear Saviour will I boast 481
No strength ot nature cats suffice ...
Not all the nobles ot the earth 95
Not by the laws of innocence
Not unto us hut thee alone lstPait >>!•
Now begin the heavenly theme
Now far above the starry skies
Now from the aliar of our hearts 497
Now let a n ue ambition rise 519
Now let our cheerful eyes survei i>4
Now let our (hooping lieaitsr
Now let our taith, grow strong and rise 480
Now let our hearts conspire n> raise. .
Now let our sous on wings sublime ...
Now let our voi a uin
New let the feeble all be strong, 1st Part 30fi
Now let us rai~e our cheerful strains 147
Now may the God of peace and love
Now Lord the heavenly seed is sown ;f72
Now wh.le the gospel-net is cast 366
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O
O'er the gloomy hill< of darkness 428
O for a closer walk with God 98
O for a sweet inspiring ray 587
O God, my sun, thy blissful rays 231
O Goo of love, with cheering rav, M Part 551
O God of Zion,from thy throne!. 2d Part 427
O Lord, 1 would delight in thee 248
O Lord, my best desires fulfil 277
O Lord, my God, whose sovereign love 68
O my distrustful heart 61
O my soul, wha: means this sadness .... 318
O that 1 knew the secret place 99
O that the Lord indeed 381
O the immense the amazing height .... 503
O thou before whose gracious throne . . 413
O thou that ha^t redemption wrought .. 3/7
O thou who didst thy glory leave 74
O what stupendous mercy shines 246
O ye immortal throng 146'
Of all the joys we mortals know 249
Oft have 1 turn'd my eye within 311
On Britain long a favor'd isle 530
On Jordan's stormv banks I stand 5S4
On Sion his most holy mount 56
On what has now beer, sown 373
On wings of faith mount up, &c 585
Once as the saviour pass'd along 78
Our father whose eternal sw ay 358
Our God ascends hi5 lofty throne 408
Our hea\ enly father calls' 96
Our Lord is risen from the dead 145
Our Saviour alone 383
O Zion afflicted with wave 3d Part 427
Patience O what a grace divine 263
Peace 'tis the Lord Jehovah's hand 563
Poor weak and worthless tho' 1 am 170
Praise God from whom all blessing flow 395
Praise the saviour, alive naiions 43V
Praise to our shepherd's gracious name. . 101
Praise to the Lord of boundless might .. 243
Praise to the Lord who bows his ear .... 532
Praise to the Lord whose mighty hanu .. 533
Praise to thy name eternal God 322
Prepare me gracious God 56 1
Proclaim saith Chrst my wond'rous grace 469
Prostrate dear Jesus at thy feet 271
Proud Babylon yet waits her doom, 3d Pt. 418
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Raise thoughtless sinner raise thine eye . . 49
Rejoice the Lord is k ing 149
Reioice the Saviour reigns 2d Part 4>'2
Religion is the chief concern.... 1st Part 284
Repent the voice celestial cries 267
Return my roving heart return 3.-9
Rise my soul and stretch thy wings 301
Rock of ages shelter me 193
Salvat:on O melodious sound 118
Salvation thro' our dying God 109
Saviour divine we know thy name .... 194
Saviour of men and Lord of love 133
Saviour visit thy plantation 1st Part 427
Say who is she that looks abroad 403
Searcher of hearts before thy face, 1st Part 268
See Felix cloth'd with pomp atui power 380
See gracious God before thy throne .... 525
See now rude winter's icy hand 507
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See how the little foiling ant 50i
See how the mounting sun 494-
See how the willing converts trace 450
See Israel's gentle shepherd stand 337
See Lord thy willing subjects bow 139
Self destroy'd for help 1 pray 379
Shall attietsis dare nsult the cross 61
Shall Jesus descend from the skies 73
Shepherd of Israel bend thine ear 409
Shepherd of Israel thou dost keep 411
Should bounteous nature kindly pour . . 259
Shout for the blessed Jesus reigns 429
Since Jesus freeiy did appear 513
Sinful and blind and poor 309
Sing to the Lord above 43 1
Sinner O why so thoughtless grown 581
Sinners the voice of God regard 116
Sinners you are now addressed.. 2d Part 115
So fair a face bedew'd with tears 484
Sons we are thro' God's election 65
Sovereign of all the worlds on high 9?
Sovereign ot life, I own thy hand 542
Sovereign ruler of the skies 545
Sprinkted with reconciling blood 357
Slav thou insulted spirii stay 215
Stern winter throws his icy chains 506
Stretch'd on the cross the saviour dies . . 137
Sweet was the time when first I felt .... 315
That God who made the worlds on high 47
The Bible is justly esieem'd 205
Temptations, trials, doubts, and.. 2d Part 286
The blesseu spirit like the wind.. 2d Part 207
The deluge at th' A Imighiy's call 104
The fabric of nature is fair 2d Part 540
The fountain of Christ 168
The God of Abram praise 66
The God of love will sure indulge 564
The great redeemer we adore 443
The holy eunuch when baptiz'd 471
The house now to be builded to, 3d Part 421
The icy chains that bound the earth .... 498
The joyful morn my God is come 346
The king of heaven his lable spreads .. 486
The Lord on morial worms looks riown 423
The Lord v. ho rules the world's affairs . . 434
The Lord will happiness divine 275
The love of the spirit I sing 2d Part 206
The mighty frame of glorious grace .... 148
The mighty God will not despise 273
The moment a sinner believes 222
The peace which God alone reveals .... 39 1
The righteous Lord supremely great 238
The saviour rails let every ear 120
The spring great God at thy command . . 501
The wandering star and tieetmg wind ..310
The wondering nations have beheld .... 404
Thee Father we bless 107
Thee we adore eternal word 1st Part 129
There is a fountain till'd with blood 169
There's joy in heaven and joy on earth . . 438
There, is no path to heavenly bliss 202
Thine earthly sabbaths Lord we love . . 352
This God is the God we adore 385
Thou art O God a spirit pure 3
Thou dear redeemer dying lamb 386
Thou God ol glonous majesty 549
Thou Lord my safety thou my light .... 344
Thou only centre ot mv rest 537
tmv heart 440
, 180
Thou only sovereign of my heart
Thou very pascal lamb
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H\mn and Page
Thrice happy wub who born from heav<
Thro' jIi the > lung n| scenes of life
Thru' a II lite va: hpun shifting scene
,ii ini'jiirj hit warns doire
mj God lull) led me on ..
I hus it became the prince ot gra< « +v*
istbegrea u eeatct plungM . J4fl
i : commemorate the da< ■♦"'»
Thy lite 1 read H' dearest I ord
Tii, in i the theme of my
■oat] IS
'lii> same* how infinite the) be _ <>
1 hi pretence everlasuht. God 516
Thj presence era ious. ■ ■■• 3<>i
and hei «ln> brought ihee forth 48
Thy way u God if in the tea M5
i O Lord with wne design .... 31
Tit a poiar 1 kmf to kMw 890
Tii xi tlie saviour ( r cd 72
M iv nni-h'd 't.s done tl e spirit it fled 560
Mis my happiness below 2d Part >dj
rion that can s;ive 2dPirtJ77
To Christ tie Lord let every tongue — 161
To distant lands thy (Otoel tend
To Father Son and Holy Ghost »'-
To Father Son and Holy Ghott 397
To God my Saviour and my King .... 82
To God, the universal king 1
To him who on the fatal tree .. '2d Part 383
To Jetus oar exalted Lord +87
To our redeemer's glorious name 4S8
T o praise the ever bountCOU* Lotd 504
To the eternal Ihiee
To thee almig'ty God we bring
To theelet m> rirvt oiienn^s n^e 491
To thee wlw reign'si supreme above 329
U
Unclean unclean and full of sin 289
I line mv roving tlioughts uu.te
L mo thine altai Lord 336
> ray soul thy maker's will 11
\sebie»s th'eiernal source of light 412
W h.it aie possess, ons fame an 1 \h>-\ ei
• ith Go<l wrought, might Israel say sr.
What heavenly manor lovely God 4, I
What it our G d, or what his name. . .. 90
irring natures dwell within 41
Wl at mean thc-e jealousies and rears .. °i>
\Miatsrenevot liorror and of dread 559
What >ha!I the dying sinner do SO
U hat Strange perplexities arise 3J1
W hat vanous hindrances we meet 353
W hat wixJom, majesty, and «rai.e .59
Whatever to theeov Lord belongs 45">
W lien .Abram full of sacred awe
When AbramVervant to procure 447
\\ hen any turn from Ztutn a
Wl>en at a d.stan el.nri wetne 135
When blooming youth is snatch M awi\.. 557
W hen by the tempter's wi.es beiray'd . . tfl
Wlven darknes, lot.g has vci.'d m. mind 241
When death appears wftfreoq stfbj 558
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Itvmn and Page
Wl en first the G >d of boundless gr« e . . .'I
When I the boty grave Mrvej 143
When fesui dwelt in morta clay ...
iut fbi bbpeople dy'.l .. M Pi
u hen Itrael'i (rievtni tribes rompiun'd 1V7
When Israel through the de en pa*aM .. 41
WbenOdeai (causwhen »hall i 351
When I'aul was parted from his friends., *ll
When slull th) I
When sins aisa fears prevail ng rise hi
\n hen tome kind shepherd from his fold 79
When the eternal bows the -kies 14
u iK-n thoumj ng teoutjudgethaltcnuie 579
Where'ei theblustenng nordvwind, 2d Pi. ijo
Wlieie ism> God does he retire 15b'
all we tinnen hide our beadt .. n>>
\\ Isere two or three with tweei accord
W herewith <) Lord shall I diaw near..
ml men w:thali lieu nii^lii
While my redeemer^ near 197
I nlly land O Lord
W Mile on the verge of life 1 stand
While doners who presume to bear ... 375
W ho is the uembling sinner wlvi, 2d Pait 376
til condemo to endlett flimet .. til
VYhj o mv soul why weepest thou '274
Why should a liv ng man complain 31'J
W h'y should our mourning thoughts delight 568
Why flow these torrentt of distress 562
VNln sinks in. weak de ponding mind .. 233
With heaveniv power O Lord defend
With humbieheait an 1 tongue 521
W ih me. ting heart and weeping eyes
With teai sot anguish 1 lament 19
Withil.ee jreai God the stores of light .. 492
Ye dving son, of men 118
Ye glittenng toys of earth adieu
Ye heaifc»vi;thw>uihljl vigor warm .... 518
Ye humble saints proclaim abroad 19
Ye humble souls approach your God.... 12
Ye humble souls complain no more ... 234
Ye humble touai rejoice 260
Ye humble souls mat seek the Lord 1 4-t
Ye little riock whom Jesus feeds 1 27
Ye mes-engei> of Chnst 3d Part 480
Ye mourning saints whose streaming tears 558
Ye prisoners of hope 1"S
Ye saints of every ia.k with joy '2d Pan i^4
Ye sc.inet-colour'd sinners come 181
Ye servants of the Lord 325
Ye servants of vour God his fame 7
Yesonsof men with iov recoid 30
Ye that pa«s by behold the man ....
Ye trembling souls dismiss your fears
Ye virgin souls arite i'1
Ye words of light that roil so near l-_><)
Ye wretched hungry starving i^or
Ye, 1 would iove ihee blev>ed God 217
Ye> mighty Jesus thou shall reign, 4th Pt. 422
Yes tl»e redeemer rose 140
e are joys that cannot die ....
Yomler ama/ang sight 1 see 138
Your luxps, yetremulin* saints
GENERAL CONTENTS.
GOD from Hymn 1 to the 26
CREATION AND PROVIDENCE 27 37
FALLOFMAN 38 42
SCRIPTURE, Properties of it 43 46
Moral and ceremonial law 47 53
Gospel 54 61
Doctrines and Blessings 62 113
Invitations and Promises 114 128
CHRIST, his Incarnation and Ministry 129 135
Sufferings and Death 136 139
Resurrection and Ascension 140 146
Exaltation and Intercession 147 155
Characters, placed alphabetically 156 205
SPIRIT, his Influences 206 ...... 216
Graces of the, placed alphabetically 217 293
CHRISTIAN LIFE 294 328
WORSHIP, Private 329 332
Family 333 337
Public 338 345
Lord's Day ... ; 346 ...... 352
Before Prayer 353 358
Before Sermon 359 371
After Sermon, and Doxologies 372 397
WORLD 398 ...... 402
CHURCH, described, formed, &c.&c 403 406
Ordinations, &c. &c 407 412
Pastors, Deacons, People 413 417
Associations and Missions 418 43 1
Collections for Poor Churches 432 436
Church Meetings 437 441
BAPTISM 442 471
LORD'S SUPPER 472 490
TIMES AND SEASONS 491 542
TIME AND ETERNITY 543 549
DEATH AND THE RESURRECTION 550 569
JUDGMENT 570 579
HELL AND HEAVEN 580 588
SELECTION OF HYMNS.
GOD.
ii v\in 1. L. M. Dr. 5. Sttmutt.
Addison's. Tunc 1.
A Son? nf Pram to God.
vyv) God, the universal King,
1 I ei .ill mankind theli tribute bring;
All that have breath, VOUI voiet s iaue,
-, ot aever-cea ing praise.
I
1 he pacioui earth on which we tread,
An I wider heavens ttretch'd o'er our head,
A large and solemn temple frame
To celebrate its builder's tame.
3
tie bright sun, that rules the day,
Al thro' the sky he makes his way,
1 o all the world proclaims aloud
The boundless sov'retgntv ot God.
4
When from his courts the sun retires,
And with the <S-\) lus foice expires,
'1 he moon and -tais adopt the ton ;,
And thro' the night the praise prolong.
5
.The list'ning earth with rapture hears
I h' harmoOJ his music ot' the spheres;
And all her tribes the notes repeat.
That God is wise, and good, and gicat.
t;
But man, endow'd with nobler powers,
Hi- God m nobler strains adores:
ll;s is the gift to know the song,
As well as smg, with tuneful tongue.
L. M. WUUmmfi Pi.ilms.
Old Hundred 100.
The Unity of God. Deut. vi. 4.
F' rERNAL God' Almighty Cause
j Ot earth, and seas, and worlds un-
All things are subject to thy laws, :_known
All things depend <n\ thee alone.
Thy glorious lii mds,
ot ail within in
I'd by none are thy commands;
Thou from thyself alone art blest.
3
To thee alone ourselves we owe ;
1 et heaven and earth due homage pay;
All other gods we disavow,
Deny then claims, renounce theil -
Spread thy great name thro' heathen lands j
Their idol deities dethrone;
he world to thy command;
Vnd reign, i> th "i an, God alone.
3. L.M.
Paui\ ;;, Fawoati
The Spirituality of God, John iv. 24.
THOU ait, o Go I1 a spirit pure,
Invisible to mortal eyes,
Th' immortal, ami th' eternal King,
l'he great, the good, the only wise.
I
Whilst nature changes, and her works
Corrupt, decay, dissolve, and lie,
I hy esaence pnre no change si.aii see,
Secure ot immortality.
i
whai hand
Can draw th]
To what in heav'n, to what on earth
Can men th immortal king compare?
4
Let stupid heathens frame their gods
er, wood and (tone ,
the God that male the heavens;
lehovah be, and God alone.
5
. thy purest homage pay,
In truth and spirit him i Fore;
. ifice,
Than outward forms delight him more
4- L.M. Steele.
Babylon Streams 2J, Angell llvmn >'*),
Gould s m
.'■ Mortality,
Psalm xc.
LORD, thou hast been thy children's God,
All-powerful, wise, and good, and just,
Ige theil safe abode,
Their hope, then refuge, and their Q
I
nature birth,
■ the starry heavens
Or rorm'd the varied race o:
From everlasting thou art God.
J
Great lather oi e mitjr,
Mow short are ages in thy sight I
A thousan I
Like one short silent watch ot i
B
5,6
THE BEING AND
Uncertain life, how soon it flies!
Dream of an hour, how short our bloom!
Like spring's gay verdure now we rise,
Cut down ere night to fill the tomb.
Teach us to count our short'ning days,
And, with true diligence, apply
Oui hearts to wisdom's sacred ways,
That we may learn to live and die.
6'
O make our sacred pleasures rise
In sweet proportion to our pains.
Till e'en the sad remembrance dies,
Nor one uneasy thought complains.
7
[Let thy Almighty work appear
W ith power and evidence divine ;
And may the bliss thy servants share
Continued to thy children shine.
8
Thy glorious image, fair imprest,
Let all our hearts and lives declare ;
Beneath thy kind protection blest,
May all our labours own thy care !]
5. L. M. Dr. Doddridge.
Angel's Hymn 60, Paul's 246.
The Immutability of God, and the Mutability
of the Creation, Psalm cii. 25—28.
GREAT former of this various frame,
Our souls adore thine awful name;
And bow and tremble while they praise
Tiie ancient of eternal days.
2
Thou, Lord, with unsurpris'd survey,
SaWst nature rising yesterday;
And as to-morrow, shall thine eye
See earth and stars in ruin lie.
3
Beyond 3n angel's vision bright,
Thou dwell'st in self-existent light;
W hich shines, v/idi undiminished ray,
While suns and worlds in smoke decay.
4
Our days a transient period run,
And change with eveiy circling sun:
And, in the firmest stale we buast,
A moth can crush us into dust.
5
But let the creatures fall around ;
Let death consign us to the ground ;
Let the last general rlame arise,
And melt the arches of the skies:
6
Calm as the summer's ocean, we
Can all the wreck of nature see,
While grace secures us an abode,
Unshaken as the throne of God.
g. C. M. Dr. WattSs Lyric Poems.
Bedford 91, Abridge 201, Farringdon 267.
The Infinite.
HpHY names, how infinite they be!
X Great Everlasting One :
Boundless thy might and majesty,
And unconrin'd thy throne.
Thy glories shine of wond'rous size,
And wond'rous large thy grace:
Immortal day breaks from thine eyes,
And Gabriel veils his face.
3
Thine essence is a vast abyss
W hich angels cannot sound,
An ocean of infinities
Where all our thoughts aredrown'd.
4
The mysteries of creation lie
Beneath enlighten'd minds ;
Thoughts can ascend above the sky,
And 11 y before the winds;
5
Reason may grasp the massy hills,
And stietch from pole to pole:
But half thy name our spirit fills,
And ovei loads our soul.
6
In vain our haughty reason swells;
For nothing's found in thee
But boundless unconceivables,
And vast eternity.
7. L.M. Merrick's Psalms.
Wareham 117, AilieStieet 241, Wells 102.
Omnipotence ; or, the Power and Provi-
dence of God, Psalm exxxv.
Y
E servants of your God, his fame
In songs of highest praise proclaim :
Ye who, on his commands intent,
The courts of Israel's Lord frequent.
2
Him praise — the everlasting king,
And mercy's unexhausted spring:
Haste, to his name your voices rear;
What name like his the heart can cheer '
3
Thy greatness, Lord, my thoughts attest,
With awful gratitude impress'd.
Nor know, among the seats divine,
A power that shall contend with thine:
4
O thou, who<e all-disposing sway,
The heavens, the earth, and seas obey;
W liose might through all extent extends.
Sinks through all depth, all height trans-
5 [cenus ;
From earth's low margin to the skies,
Now bids the pregnant vapours rise;
I'he lightning's pallid sheet expands;
And glads with show'rs the furrow'd lands;
6
Now, from thy storehouse, built on high,
Permits the imprison 'd winds to fly;
And, guined by thy will, to 3weep
The surface of the foaming deep:
7
Him praise,— the everlasting King,
And mercy's unexhausted spring:
Haste, to his name your voices rear ;
What -name like his the heait can cheer'
B, 9
i'i.ki i.( noNS of <;od.
Charsioath h ito.
The Ommfrtstna and Om:
I'salm I
LORD' thou, witli an unerrin| beam,
■arveyest .ill nn pa
My raring, itepsare wall h*d l>) thee ;
Bv thee, mj resting hour*.
My thought*, n? into birth,
Great God, arc known to thee:
. it home, still I'm nulos'd
\\ uhinine ;inmcnsii\ .
To thee, the labwinths of life
In open view apf
iU a whisper from my lips
\\ ithoul tin hst'ning ear.
4
Behind I glance, and thou art there J
SflC me, shines tb] name;
And 'tis thy Strong Almighty hand
mder frame.
."'
Such knowledge mocks the vain es
t)t my astonrsh'd mind ;
1 1 eye
Its towering summit find.
I'M
Where from tin Spun shall I stretch
1 he pinions of my Bight.'
Or where, thro' natuie s spacious range,
Shall 1 elude thy sight?
7
I the skies, the blaze divine
v\ ould overwhelm my soul :
Plung'd 1 to hell, there should 1 hear
I'll me awful thunders roll.
|( »a a morning's darling ray
\N ith matchless need 1 rode,
And dew to the wild lonely si ore,
That bounds the ocean's riood ;
o
Thither thine hand,all-pre>ent God !
Must guide the wond'rous »ji,
And thine Omnipotence suppoit
1 ne tabric of my clay.
10
Should 1 involve myself around
clouds of tentold night,
l u: 1 shine hive blazing noon
Betore thy piercing sight.
11
* The beams of noon, the midnight hour,
both alike to thee :
I o iiu) 1 ne'er provoke that power
• From which 1 cannot nee'.'
9. CM. Dr. l\\i:t • I.ync Potms.
Abridge 201, Canterbury F99.
Divine Sovereignty ; or, God's Dominion
M Decrees.
KEEP silence, all created things ;
And wan your Makers nod :
M> >oul stands trembling, while she sings
The honours of her God.
ith, and hell, and worlds unknowi
Hang "ii liif
■
Not ii. ii rows leave to be.
I
C'luin'd i
U ith all the
With even angels form and
Drawn by UY eternal pen.
V
His providence unfolds the book,
And makes his count ill shine ,
nina leaf, end ei "r> siroke
Fulfils some deep design.
•
Here, he exalts neglected worms
■■•lies and I i lown :
And there, the following rage he turns,
And treads the monaich down.
d
Not Gabriel asks the re laon wh) ,
Nor God it e reason
I pry
Between the folded .
My God, I would not long to see
My fate with curious
\\ hat gloomy lines a:e win for me,
Or what bright scenes may rise.
In thy fair book of life and grace,
O may 1 find my name,
Recorded in some humble place,
Beneath my Lord th .
10. 7s. B.Fmncis.
Cooklum ; .
The Majesty of God.
GLORY to the eternal Km,',
a majesty nipi
Lei all heaven his piaise-. sing.
Let ail worlds his power piouaim.
Through eternity he reigns
In unbounded realms of light;
He the uimerse sustains
As an atom in his sight.
J
Suns on suns, thro' boundle-
VS ith their ivstemsntove oi -
Or, to occupy their pi
New orbs rise a; I
Kingdoms flourish, empires fall,
Nations live, and naiions die,
All forms nothing, nothing all —
At the movement o* his e,e.
5
O, let my transported soul
Ever on his glories ga
Ever yield to his control.
Ever sound his lofty pia-sC
B 2
1, 12
THE BEING AND
n
w
Y
11. L.M. Beddome.
L'lverston Hi), Islington 40, Gould's 272.
The Wisdom of God.
All', O my soul, thy Maker's will ;
Tumultuous passions, all be still!
Noi let a murmuring thought arise,
Iiis ways are just, his councils wise.
2
He in the thickest darkness dwells,
ms his work, the cause conceals ;
But, tho' his methods are unknown,
Judgment and truth support his throne.
3
In heaven, and earth, and air, and seas,
He executes his firm decrees ;
And, by his saints, it stands confest,
i -loss is ever b !
4
Wait then, my soul, submissive wait,
tie before his awful seat ;
And, 'midst the terrors of nis rod,
a a wise and gracious God.
12- (1st Part.) CM. Steele.
Liverpool 83, Exeter 4.
The Goodness of God, Nahum i. 7.
F. humble souls, approach your God
W iih >ungs of sacred praise,
For he is good, immensely good,
And kind are all hit wijs.
2
All nature owns his guardian care,
In him we live and move ;
But nobler benefits declare
The wonders of his love.
3
He gave his son, his only son,
To ransom rebel worm. ;
Tis here he maki-s his goodness known
In its diviner rorms.
4
To this dear refuge, Lord, we come ;
T.s here our hope relies;
A safe defence, a peaceful home,
When stoims of trouble rise.
5
Thine eye beholds, with k:nd regard,
1 .x -.oui5 u'iio trust in thee ;
Their humble hope thou wilt reward,
With bliss divinely free.
6
Great God, to thy Almighty love,
What honours shall we rai^ef
N ot all the raptur'd songs above
Can render equal praise.
12. (2d Part.) CM.
Staughton 264, Liverpool 83.
God is Love, 1 John iv. 8.
AMID the splendors of thy state,
||] <_, jd, thy fax* appears
ra nance otthe moon
j .tars.
Nature through all her ample round
Thy boundless pouer proclaims
And, in melodious accent, speaks
The goodness of thy names.
3
Thy justice, holiness, and truth,
Our solemn awe excite ;
But the sweet charms of sovereign grace
Overwhelm us with delight.
4
Sinai, in clouds, and smoke, and fire,
Thunders thy dreadful name j
But Sion sings, in melting notes,
The honours of the Lamb.
5
In all thy doctrines and commands,
Thy councils and designs, —
In ev'ry work thy hands have fram'd,
1 hy love supremely shines.
6
Angels and men die news proclaim
Through earth and heaven above ;
The joyful, the transporting news,
That God the Lord is love t
13- L.M. Medley.
Derby 169, Rothwell 174, Portugal New 263.
The Loving-kindness of the Lord, Ps. lxiii. 7.
AWAKE, my tool, in joyful lays,
And snig thy great Redeemer's praise;
He justly claims a song from me,
.g-kindness, O how free!
2
He saw me ruin'd in the fall,
Yet lov'd me notwithstanding all ;
He sav'd me from my lost estate,
His loving-kindness, O how great!
3
Tho' numerous hosts of mighty foes,
Tho' earth and hell my way oppose,
He safely leads my soul along,
His loving-kindness, O how strong!
4
When trouble, like a gloomy cloud,
Has gather "d thick and thunder'd loud,
He near my soul has always stood,
His ioving-kindness, O how good !
5
Often I feel my sinful heart,
Prone from my Jesus to depart ;
But tho' I have him oft forgot,
His loving-kindness changes not.
6
Soon shall I pass the gloomy vale,
Soon all my mortal powers must fail ;
O! may; my last expiring breath
His loving-kindness sing in death !
Then let me mount and soar away,
To the bright world of endless day ;
And sing. With rapture and surprise,
His loving-kindaeas in the skies.
ll, 15
PERFECTIONS OF C;OD.
[6, 17
II. ( If. Dr. N • P mm.
MkhMtti 119, Brighthelmstone
Th,- Qrmct of i
Win N the eternal bows tht ^kie-.,
To visit earthlj ii
\\ nil Kora diviae he turns I
From lowers of haughtj king*.
He t»i<l> hi> awful chariot n>n
i u downward (mm the >u<»,
To visit every humble khiI,
w it ii pleasure la his eye*.
3
Win mould the I ord, thai reigns above,
Diadaia m lofty k"
Baj l ord, and why sues looks of love
l pon such worthless things?
Mortals be dumb ; what creature dares
Dispute his awful will?
Ask no account of his affairs,
But tremble and be Mill.
Just like his nature is his grace,
A ll sov'reign, and all free;
Great God, how searchless are thy ways!
How deep thy judgments be!
1 ">. lis. 9 .
Geard 156, Broughton 172.
The Mercy of God, Psalm lxxxix. 1.
THY mercy, ni> God, h the theme of my
tong,
The joy of my heart, and the boast of my
tongue;
Thv free grace alone, from the first to the
but,
Hath won my affections, and bound my
soui fast.
2
Without thy sweet mercy 1 could not live
here,
in would reduce me to utter despair;
But thro'thy free goodness, m\ spirits revive,
, And he that first made me, still keeps me
alive*
3
Thy mercy is more than a match for my
heart,
Which wonders to feel its own hardness de-
part;
Dissolved by thy goodness, 1 fall to the
ground,
And weep to the praise of the mercy 1
found.
4
The door of thy mercy stands open all day
i To the poor and the needy, who knock by
the way ;
No sinner shall ever lie empty sent back,
VN ho comes seeking meTC] ior JesusN sake.
5
Thy mercy in Jesus exempt! me from hell ;
Its glories Til sing, and us wonders I'll tell:
Twia Jesus, my friend, when he hung on
the tree.
Who open'd the channel of mercy for me.
(i
Great Father of mercies' thy goodness 1
own.
And the covenant loved thycrui ify'd Son i
All praise to the Spirit, whose whispei
divine
Seals mere) sadpafdoa and Righteousness
mine i
16. 7s.
Ii, tirs M6.
The fcsstg mj'lri*ti or fatiimci of God.
LORD, and am 1 vet alive.
Not m torments, not m hell!
Still doth thy good spirit itlive I —
With the duet ot tinners dwell!
Tell it, unto sinners ull,
1 am, 1 am out of hell I
!4
Vet, 1 still lift up mine eyes,
\\ ill not of thy love d( tpaii ,
Still in spite ot sin 1 n-c,
Still 1 bow to thee in prayer. Tell it, &c.
3
0 the length and bieadth of love!
Jesus, Saviour, can it he
All thv mercies height 1 prove,
All the depth is seen in me. Tell it, &c.
4
See a bush, that burns with fire,
1 nconsum'd amid the tlamei
Turn aside the sight t' a Imire,
I the living wonder am. Tell it, &C.
5
See a stone that hangs in air !
See a spaik in ocean live I
Kept alive with death so near,
I to God the glory give :
Evei tell — to sinners tell,
I am, 1 am out of hell.
IT- CM.
Bedford 91, Abridge CO 1.
The Holiness of God, Isaiah viii. 13.
HOLY and reverend is the name
Ot our eternal King:
1 hnce holy Lord, the angels cry ;
Thrice holv. let us sing.
2
Heaven'sbnghtest lamps with him compar'd,
How mean they look, and dun1
The fairest angels have then
When once compar'd with bun.
3
Holy is he in all lib works.
And truth is his delight ;
But doners and their wicked
Slull perish tiom his sight.
I
The deepest reverence of the mm 1,
Pay, 0 my soul, to God;
Lift with thy hands a holy heart
To his sublime abode.
5
With sacred awe pronounce his name
Whom WOSds nor thoughts can reach;
A broken bean shall BOOK
I ban the Lest tonus ol speech.
B 3
]S, 19
THE BEING AND
20, 21
Thou lioly God! preserve my soul
From all pollution free;
The pure in heart are thy delight,
And they thy face shall see.
18- L.M bedJome.
Green's Hundred 89, Old Hundred 100.
The Justice and Goodness of God.
GREAT God, mv maker, and my king,
Ot thee PU speak, of thee Til sing ;
An iho'.i hast done, and all thou dost,
Declare thee good, proclaim thee just :
2
Thy ancient thoughts, and firm decrees,
Thy tnreatenings and thy promises,
1 he joys or heaven, the pains of hell,
"What angels taste, what devils feel:
3
Thy terrors and thine acts of grace,
Thy threatening rod and smiling face,
Thy wounding, and thy healing word,
A world undone, a world restored:
4
While these excite my fear and joy ;
While these my tuneful lips employ ;
Accept. O Lord, the humble song,
The tribute of a trembling tongue.
19. L.M. .V-
Portugal 97, Paul's 246, Wells 102.
The Truth and Faithfulness of God,
Num. xxih. 19.
YE humble saints, proclaim abroad
The honour^ of a faithful God:
How just and true are all his ways,
How much above your highest praise !
2
The words his sacred lips declare
Of his own mind the image bear ;
What should him tempt from frailty free,
Blest in his self-sufficiency f
3
He will not his great self deny •
\ God all truth can never lie ;
As well n^ght he his being quit
As break his oath, or word forget.
4
Let frighten'd rivers change their course,
Or backward hasten to their source ;
Swift thro' the air, let rocks be hurl'd,
And mountains like the chaff be whnl'd;
5
Let suns and stars forget to rise,
Or quit their stations in the skies;
Let heaven and earth both pass away,
Eternal truth shall ne'er decay.
6
I rue to his word, God gave his son
1 o die for crimes which men had done ;
Blest pledge ! he never will revoke
A single promise he has spoke.
20- L. M. Dr. Watts's Lyric Poems.
Wareham 117, Kingsbridge 88.
God supreme and Self -sufficient.
WHAT is our God, or what his name,
Nor men can learn, nor angels teach ;
He dwells conceal'd in radiant flame,
Where neither eyes nor thoughts can reach.
2
The spacious worlds of heavenly light,
Compar'd with him, how short they fall!
They are too dark, and he too bright;
Nothing are they, and God is all.
3
He spoke the wond'rous word, and lo!
Creation rose at his command ;
W hirlwinds and seas their limits know,
Bound in the hollow of his hand.
4
There rests the earth, there roll the spheres,
There nature leans, and feels her prop :
But his own self-surficience bears
The weight of his own glories up.
5
The tide of creatures ebbs and flows
Measuring their changes by the moon:
No ebb his sea of glory knows;
His age is one eternal noon.
6
Then fly, my song, an endless round,
The lofty tune let Gabriel raise ;
Ail nature dwell upon the sound,
But we can ne'er fulfil the praise.
21- CM. Dr.S.Stennett.
Gainsborough 29, Brighthelmstone 208.
Mercy and Truth met together ; or, the Har-
mony of the divine Perfections,
Psalm lxxxv. 10.
WHEN first the God of boundless grace
Disclos'd his kind design,
To rescue our apostate race
From mis'rv, shame, and sin j
2
Quick, through the realms of light and bliss,
The joyful tidings ran;
Each heart exulted at the news,
That God would dwell with man.
3
Yet, 'midst their joys, they paus'd awhile^
And ask'd, with strange surprise,
r But how can injur'd justice smile,
' Or look with pitying eyes?
4
' [Will the Almighty deign again
' To visit yonder world ;
' And hither bring rebellious men,
' Whence rebels once were hurl'd?
5
' Their tears, and groans, and deep distress,
' Aloud for mercy call;
' But alv must truth and righteousness
i ' To mercy victims fall?'
6
, So spake the friends of God and man,
Delighted, yetsurpris'd;
! Eag-jr to know the \vond"rous plan,
That wisdom had devis'd.J
PERFECTIONS OF GOD.
F
0 of Cod attentive hcaid,
\nd quick!) thai rcpiytt,
• In me lei mercy be rever'd,
•An '•''!.
H
' Behold' mv vital blood 1 pour
m do more
• Pcman I tin- Mim.-r s bio
an lies rung
With
i ■ ' the friendly angels sung,
eii raptunwi
i \i Dr. Wmti ' tmwtas.
lruh 171. Braintree 25.
The D ■ "f the Trinity,
Epta
\ rii: K of glory : to thy name
Immortal pi
tt an act oi gra
And bid us rebels live.
I
Immortal honour to the Son,
makes thine anger
Our lives he ra;isom"d with his own,
And dy'd to make our peace.
3
To thy almighty Spirit be
Immortal glory given,
influence brings us near to thee,
And trams us up for heaven.
Let men, with their united voice,
re tli* eternal God,
tread his honours and their joys
Through nations far abroad.
5
Let faith, and love, and duty, join,
One general song to rain." ;
Let saints in earth and heav'n combine
In harmony and praise.
7s.
Sioel 16», Alcestei
To the Trinity.
H,hoh Lord:
leity,
By the hosts of heaven a lor'd,
Teach us how to worship thee.
Only untreated mind.
Wonders in thy nature meet ;
Perfect unity combin'd
W ith society complete.
1
All perfection dwelN in thee,
iv known,
Three in one, and one in three,
Great Jehovah, God alone!
Be our all, o Lord divine
Father, Saviour, \i!ul breath —
piriL soul be thine.
1 . and at, and after death!
u thou in holia
htl maintain ;
Truth i
i tin only son oral -lain.
Here i> di
Mi desl love, and ven .■
i bright their on
i
Fearful thou in
i Lamb!
We, with joy n iew
All thy glory, all thy shame —
Be thy death the death of sin,
Be thy life the sinner's plea;
. reach me, rule witbio,—
Prophet, priest, and king, to me.
•
Wonder-working Spirit' thine
Th' efficacious grace we sing; —
US thy seal divine,
: tO 0)1 kingdom bring:
tin, root and deed,
Daily strengthen every grace;
Send us, urge us on with speed,
And let glory crown the ra
23- L. M. Dr. Watts's Lyric Poems.
Paul's 246, Angel's Hymn 60.
The Incomprehensibility of (J»J.
GOD i» a name my soul a lores —
Th' almighty Three, th' eternal One!
Nature and grace, with ail their powers,
Confess the infinite unknown.
2
From thy great self thy being springs :
Thou art thy own original,
Made up of uncreated things,
And self-sufficiencc bears them all.
3
Thy voice produe'd the seas and spheres,
Bid the waves roar and planets shine ;
But nothing like thyself appears
Through all these spacious works of thine.
4
Still restless nature dies and grows ;
From change to change the creatures run :
Thy being no succession knows,
And all thy vast designs are one.
5
Thrones and dominions round thee fall
And worship in submissive forms;
Thy presence shakes thi> lower ball,
This little dwelling-place of worms.
6
How shall affrighted mortals dare
To sing thy glory or thy grace I
Beneath thy feet we lie
And see but shadows of thy :.
Who can behold the blazing light'
Who can approach consuming flame'
None but thy wisdom knows thy might.
None but ttiy word can >|>eak thy B
B I
24, 2i
CREATION AND
26,27
24- L.M. K .
Lebanon 79, Mark's 65.
The moral Perfections of the Deity imitated,
Matt. v. 48.
GREAT author of th' immortal mind!
For noble.-t thoughts and views design 'd.
Make me ambitious to express
The image of thy holiness.
2
While I thy boundless love admire,
Grant me to catch the sacred fire;
Thus shall my heavenly birth be known,
And for thv child thou wilt me own.
3
Father, I see thy sun arise
To cheer thy friends and enemies ;
And, when thy rain from heaven descends,
Thv bounty both alike befriends.
4
Enlarge my soul with love like thine ;
My moral powers by grace refine ;
So shall 1 feel another's woe,
And cheerful feed an hungry foe.
5
1 hope for pardon, thro' thy Son,
For all the crimes which 1 have done ;
O, may the grace that pardons me,
Constrain me to forgive like thee;
25. L.M. Merrick's Psalms.
Gloucester 12, Bromley 104.
The divine Perfections celebrated,
Ps. lxxxix. cxiv.
MY grateful tongue, immortal King !
Thy mercy shall for ever sing ;
My verse, to time's remoter day,
Thy truth in sacred notes display.
£
O say, what sirefligth shall vie with thine?
What name aming the saints divine,
Of equal exceJInce pos^essd,
Thy sovereignty, great God, contest?
3
Thee, Lord, heaven's host their leader own ;
Thee, might unbounded, thee alone,
With endless majesty has crown 'd;
And faith unsullv'd vests thee round.
4
The heaven above and earth below,
Thee, Lord, their great possessor know :
By thee, th.s orb to being rose,
And all that nature's bounds inclose.
From thee, amid the aerial space,
The north and south assume their place;
Tis thine the ocean's rage to guide,
And calm at will its swelling tide.
6
O bless'd the tribes, whose willing ear
Awakes the festal shout to hear;
Who thankful see, where'er they tread,
Thy favouring beams around them spread.
How shall they joy from day to day,
Thy boundless mercy to display,
Thy righteousness, indulgent Lord,
With holv confidence record'.
8
O wise in all thy works! thy name
Let man's whole race aloud proclaim ;
And, grateful, thro' the length of da)s,
In ceaseless songs repeat thy praise.
26- L. M. Dr. Watts's Lyric Poems.
Rothweli 174, Chard 175.
God exalted above all Praise.
ETERN A L power ! whose high abode
Become^ the grandeur of a God ;
Infinite lengths, beyond the bounds
Where stars revolve their little rounds.
2
The lowest step around thy seat
Rises too high for Gabriel's feet ;
In vain the tall arch-angel tries
To reach thine height with wond'ring eves.
3
Lord, what shall earth and ashes do?
We would adore our Maker too;
From sin and dust to thee we cry,
The Great, the Holy, and the High!
4
Earth from afar has heard thy fame,
And worms have learnt to lisp thy name ;
But O, the glories of thy mind
Leave all our soaring thoughts behind.
5
God is in heaven, but man below;
Be short our tunes; our words be few:
A sacred reverence cnecks our songs,
And praise sits silent on our tongues!
CREATION AND PROVIDENCE.
27. L. M. Needham.
Rochford 22, Wells 102.
A Summary View of the Creation, Gen. i.
LOOK up, ye saints! direct your eyes
To him who dwells above the skies ;
With your glad notes, his praise rehearse
Who torm'd the mighty universe.
He spoke, and, from the womb of night,
At once >prang up the cheering light:
Him discord heard ; and, at his nod,
Beautv awoke, and spoke the God.
3
The word he gave, th' obedient sun
Began his glorious race to run :
Nor silver moon, nor st3rs delay
To glide along th' auhereal way.
PROVIDENCE.
30, 3 1
-air. earth, an I i
th" Almirhtyi high det
! o every tribe he rh
Then speaks the whole dhrmelj .
Rut. to complete the wond
t rom earth and dust he fashions man ,
lO man the la-t, in htm the best,
The maker's image si
(>
. irbUe thy glorious works l -
Form thou my heart and soul ani
Here bid thj purest light to shine,
And beauty flow with charms divine'
CM
CrowteS, New York 33.
The Creation of Mjh ; or, God the Searcher
of the Htart. Psalm exxxix.
LORD ng knowledge strikes
Through nature's inmost gloom,
An i. In thy circling arms, I lay
A dumberer in the womb.
Thee will I honour, fori stand
ilume of thy skill;
Stupendous are thj works, and they
If] contemplations till!
3
Tliine eye beheld me when the speck
i;:;> began i
And o'er my form, in darkness fram'd,
Thy rich embroid'rv ran :
4
Th' unfashion'd mass by thee was seen !
icture, in thy hook,
W.iv planned before thy curious mould
The future embryo took.
S
How precious are the streaming joys
That from thy love descend!
: I rehearse their numbers o'er,
\\ here would their number- end
6
Not ocean's countless lands exceed
The blessings of the skies;
W ith night's descending shade- they fall,
With morning splendours rise.
7
1 Thine awful glories round me shine,
Besb proclaims th> praise:
• Lord ' to thy works of nature, join
.niravles of grace'
29- CM. Dr U ms.
Device* 11, Tiverton 109.
A Song to Creating ','.
ETFHN M w i dom, thee we praise!
Thee the creation -
W ith thy lov'd name, rocks, lull*, and seas,
And heaven's high palace rings.
Thy hand how wide it spread the sky
How glorious to behold
I with the blue ot heavenly dye,
Aud surr'd with sparkling gold.
ries bla* all nature round.
And strike the raxing sight,
Thro -ku -. and sea-, and solid ground.
With ti rroi and delight.
4
Infinite strencth, and equal skill,
Shine ihro1 tl
Our soul.- with v .i-t am izeinent fill,
And -peak the build*
>
But still the wonder* of thy grace
Our softer pafflHll B
Pity divine in |esus' '
\Sc sec, adore', and love.
30- L.M. Dr. Doddridge.
Martin's lane 67, Laagdoo 111.
I Goodness to tht Chitd,,)i -1
Psalm vii. 31.
YE son«of men, with joy n
The various wonder- of the Loid;
And let his power .in mtt
Thro' all your tribes the earth around.
Let the high heavens your songs ' >vi;e,
I h — • spacious tields of brilliant tig it;
in, .in i moon, and planet
And stars, that glow from pole to pole.
3
Sine, <^arth, in verdant robes array'd,—
Its herbs and 9 and shade;
i with life of various forms,
Of fish, and fowl, and beasts, and worms.
4
View the broad sea'- majestic plains,
And think how wide it- Maker reigns ;
That band remotest nations joins,
And on each wave his goodness shines.
5
But oh' that brighter world above,
Where lives and reigns incarnate love!
God's only Son, in flesh arrayTi",
tor man a bleeding victim made.
ti
Thither, my soul, with rapture soar!
There, in the land of j
The theme demands an angel's lay —
Demands an everlasting
31. Lli
Rothwell 174,
the Council of his <m .
THY
:ram .1 upon thy throne auove,
ry daik ^n\ bending line
Meets m the cenue ot ihv i .
With fertile light, and half obscure,
Poor moitai- thy arrangement
Not kjiowing that the ka-t aie sure,
And the mysterious just and true.
Thy Hock, thy own pei ullai
I ho' now they ;eenr to loam uney'd,
Are led or driven onl\
lhejr best *n<:
32, 33
CREATION AND
34, 35
They neither know nor trace the way ;
But, trusting to thy piercing eye,
None of their feet to ruin stray,
Nor shall the weakest fail or die.
.5
My favour'd soul shall meekly learn
To lay her reason at thy throne ;
1 oo weak thy seciets to discern,
I'll uust thee for my guide alone.
32- CM. Steele.
Staughton 264, Abingdon 42, Prov.Coll. 10.
Creation and Providence.
LORD, when our raptur'd thought sur-
veys
Creation's beauties o'er,
All nature joins to teach thy praise,
And bid our souls adore.
2
Where'er we turn our gazing eyes,
Thy radiant footsteps shine;
Ten thousand pleasing wonders rise
And speak their source divine.
3
The living tribes of countless forms,
In earth, and sea, and am
The meanest flies, the smallest worms,
Aimighiy power declare.
4
Thy wisdom, power, and goodness, Lord:
In all thy works appear :
And. O! let man thy praise record, —
Man, thy distinguished care!
5
From thee, the breath of life he drew;
That breath thy power maintains;
Thy tender mercy, ever new,
His brittle frame sustains.
6
Yet nobler favours claim his praise,
Of reason's light possess'd ;
By revelation's brightest rays
Still more divinely bless'd.
7
Thy providence his constant guard,
When threat'ning woes impend,
Or will the impending dangers ward,
Or timely succours lend.
8
On us that Providence has shone
With gentle smiling rays;
O, may our lips and lives make known
Thy goodness and thy praise !
33. L.M.
Kingsbridge 88, Green's Hundred 89.
Providence equitable and kind, Psalm cvii.
THRO' all the various shifting scene
Ot life's mistaken ill or good ?
Thy hand, O God! conducts unseen
The oeautiful vicissitude.
2
Thou givest with paternal care,
Howe'er unjustly we complain,
To each their necessary share
Ot joy and sorrow, health and pain.
Trust we to youth, or friends, or power,
Fix we on this teiiestrial ball:
When most secure, the coming houi,
If thou see fit, may blast them all.
4
When Lowest sunk with grief and shame,
Fill'd with affliction's bitter cup,
Lost to relations, friends, and fame,
Thy powerful hand can raise us up.
5
Thy powerful consolations cheer,
Thy smiles suppress the deep-fetch'd sigh,
Thy hand can dry the trickling tear
That secret wets the widow's eye.
6
All things on earth, and all in heaven,
on thy eternal will depend ;
And all for greater good were given,
And all shall in thy glor) end.
7
This be my care ; to all beside
Indifferent let my wishes be ;
' Passion be calm, and dumb be pride,
* And fix'd, O God, my soul on thee.'
31. CM. Confer.
Gainsborough 29, Follett 181.
The Mysteries of Providence ; or, Light
shining out of Darkness.
GOD moves in a mysterious way
His wonders to perform ;
lie plants his footsteps in the sea,
And rides upon the storm.
2
Deep in unfathomable mines
Or never-failing skill,
He treasures up his blight designs,
And works his sov'reign will.
3
Ye yearful saints, fresh courage take,
The clouds ye so much dread
Are big with mercy, and shall break
In blessings on your head.
4
Judge not the Lord by feeble sense,
But trust him for his grace ;
Behind a frowning providence,
He hides a smiling face.
5
His purposes will ripen fast,
Unfolding every hour;
The bud may have a bitter taste,
But iweet will be the flower.
6
Blind unbelief is sure to err,
And scan his work in vain ;
God is his own interpreter,
And he will make it plain.
35. CM. Beddome.
Bedford 91, Stamford 9.
Mysteries to be explained hereafter,
Johnxhi. 7.
GREAT God of providence ! thy ways
Are hid tiom mortal sight ;
Wrapt in impenetrable shades,
Or cloth'd with dazzling light.
3<;
PROVIDENCE.
'I lie wond'roui method! of th) | ■■
k the luim.in i
The mini wo .uu iri|ii i' approach,
J ho farther ofl they fly.
But in the world ol blin above
\s here thou doit evei reign,
1 hete mysteries duUJ be .ill uaveilVi,
And nut a doubt remain,
4
The Sun of righteousness shall there
His brightest beam disp
And not a hovering i loud obscure
Thai never-ending day.
36- CM. Addison.
Irish 171, Cieter \.
The Tr.ivelUr\. P.-alm.
HOW are thy servants bless'd, O Lord,
How sure is their defence l
Item*! wisdom is their guide,
1 heir help omnipotence.
2
In foreign realms, and lands remote,
Supported by thy care,
Thro' burning dimes they pass unhurt,
And breathe in tainted air.
When by the dreadful tempest home
High on the broken wave.
know thou art not alow to hear,
impotent to save.
The storm is laid, the winds retire,
Obedient to thy will;
. that roan at thy command,
At thy command ii still.
5
In midst ot d . tad deaths,
Thy goodness we'll adore;
We'll prate thee for thy mercies past,
And humbly hope tor more.
6
Our life, while thou preserv'st that life,
Thy sacrifice shall be :
And death, when death shall be our lot,
shall join our souls to thee.
17. I M
James*i 163, Ohm r>i, Btatifhtori
PraUtfor ti Providence and
dm cxxx'ix.
AiMK.ii i s. Father, gradova Lord,
Kind guardian ol my day*,
ih) mercies lei mj bean record
in songs oi grateful prate.
S
In liti-'s first dawn, m\ tender frame
v. as thy indulgent care,
Long ere I could pronounce thy name,
Or breathe the infant prayer.
3
[Aiound my path what dangers rose!
What inarei spread all mj roadi
No | owej could guard me from my foes,
But ii* v preserver, God.
4
How many blessings round me shone,
Where'er 1 turned m\ eyei
How many past, almost unknown,
Or unregarded
Each rolling year new favours brought
From thy exhaustless store ;
But ah! in vain my labouring thought
would count tin mercies o'er.
6
While sweet reflection, thro' my days,
I hy bounteous hand would
still dearer blessings i laim thy praise,
The blessings of thy grace.
Yes, I adore thee, gracious Lord !
For favours more divine ;
That I have known thy sacred word,
Where all thy glories shine.
8
Lord, when this mortal frame decays,
\n I every weakness dies,
Complete the wonders of thy grace,
And rate me to the skies.
9
Then shall my joyful powers unite
In more exalted lays,
And jinn the happy sons of light
In everlasting praise.
THE FALL.
33. L. M. Dr.Wattft Lyric P
Wateham 117, Babylon Stream.
Original Sin ; or, the first and second Adam.
ADAM, our Father and our head,
Transgiess d, and justice doom'd us
dead :
The fiery law speaks all de.-pair,
1 Here's no reprieve nor pardon there.
Call a bright council in the skies ;
Seraphs, the mighty and the wi>e,
s;"'Jk , at the load,
1 he weighty vengeance of a God.'
3
[n \ am we ask , for all around
stand silent thro' the heavenly ground ;
1'here s not a glorious mmd aboVe
Has halt the strength oi half die love.
U 6
39, 40
THE FALL.
41, 42
But O! immeasurable grace!
Tii' eternal Son takes Adam's place;
Duwn to our world the Saviour Hies,
Stretches his arms, and bleeds, and dies.
5
A mazing work1 look down, ye skies,
Wcnder and gaze with all your eyes!
Ye saints below, and saints above,
All bow to this mysterious love.
39- CM. Dr. S. Stennett.
Walsal 2j7, Ludlow 84.
Indwelling Sin lamented.
WITH tears of anguish I lament,
Here at thy feet, my God,
My passion, pride, and discontent,
And vile ingratitude.
2
sure there was ne'er a heart so base,
So Ujse as mine has been :
So faithless to its promises,
So prone to ever) sin !
3
My reason tells me thy commands
Are hol>, just, and true;
Teils me whate'er my God demands
Is his most righteous due.
4
Reason 1 hear, her counsels weigh,
And all her words approve ;
But still 1 find it hard t> obey,
And harder yet to love.
5
How long, dear Saviour, shall I feel
These struggles in my breast'
When wilt thou bow my stubborn will,
And give my conscience rest?
6
Break, sovereign grace, O break the charm,
And set the captive free :
Reveal, almighty God, thine arm,
And haste to rescue me.
40- S.M.
Wirksworth 158, Stoke <207.
The evil Heart, Jer. xvii. 9. Matt. xv. 19.
ASTONISH'D and distress'd
I turn mine eyes within:
My heart with loads of guilt opprest,
The seat of every sin.
2
What crowds of evil thoughts,
What vile affections there'
Distrust, presumption, artful guile,
Pride, envy, slavish fear.
3
Almighty King of saints,
These tyrant lusts subdue ;
Expel the darkness of my mind,
And all my powers renew.
4
This done, my cheerful voice
Shall loud hosannas raise;
My soul shall glow with gratitude,
Mv Ups piociaim thy pra;se.
41- L. M. CrutienJen.
Gould's 272, Kingsbridge 88, Virginia 234.
Sin and Holiness.
WHAT jarring natures dwell within,—
Imperfect grace, remaining »in!
Nor this can reign, nor that prevail,
Tho' each b) turns my heart assail.
2
Now I complain, and groan, and die ;
Now raUe my songs of triumph high ;
Sing a rebellious passion slain,
Or mourn to feel it live again.
3
One happy hour beholds me rise,
Borne upwards to my native skies,
While faith assists my soaring flight
To realms of joy and worlds, of light.
4
Scarce a few hours or minutes roll,
'Ere earth reclaims my captive soul;
1 feel its sjmpalhetic force,
And headlong urge my downward course.
5
How short the joys thy visits give ;
How long thine absence, Lord, 1 grieve !
What clouds obscure my rising sun,
Or intercept its rav* at noon!
6
[Again the Spirit lifts his sword,
And power divine attends the word ;
I feel the aid its comforts yield,
And vanquished passions quit the field.]
7
Great God, assist me thro1 the fight,
Make me triumphant in thy might;
Thou the desponding heart canst raise, —
The victory mine, and thine the praise.
42- L.M. Dr. Doddridge.
Ulverston 179, Babylon Streams 23.
The Effects of the Fall lamented, Ps. cxix.
136, 158.
ARISE, my tenderest thoughts, arise ;
To torrents melt my streaming eyes;
And thou, my heart, with anguish feel
Those evils which thou canst not heat
2
See human nature sunk in shame;
See scandals pour'd on Jesus' name;
The Father wounded thro' the Son ;
The world abus'd ; the soul undone.
3
See the short course of vain delight
Closing in everlasting night —
In flames, that no abatement know,
Tho' briny tears for ever flow.
4
My God, I feel the mournful scene;
My bowels yearn o'er dying men ;
And fain my pity would reclaim.
And snatch the firebrands from the flame.
5
But feeble my compassion proves,
And can but weep where most it loves;
Thy own all-saving arm employ,
And turn these drops of grief to joy.
43, n, 1
4G
BCRIPTURE;
THE PROPERTIES OF IT.
43- CM
Michael* Il9,9pragne 166.
. of Knowledge
amajoy, 9*.i \ix. 105.
H<m predow ■ the boot divine,
By inspiration
Bright a» a lamp its dixtrines shine
Miide our souls M heaven.
It IWttUl cheers our drooping hearts
In this dark i
Life, light, .in i jo\, it >till imparts,
And quells our risin.
3
:ip. through all the tedious night
Of life, shall guide our w
Till we behold the clearer light
Ulan eternal <la\.
11. I M. Etddome.
Portugal ^7, Marl, i
T'y 0 (fulness of the Scriptures.
WflKN Israel thro' the desert pass'd,
A run pillar went l>etore.
To guide them thro' the dreary waste,
And lessen the fatigues they bore.
2
Surh is thy glorious word, () Godi
r our light and guidance given ;
It sheds a lustre all abroad,
And points the path to bliss and heaven.
J
It fills the soul with sweet delight,
And quickens its inactive power- ;
It sets our wandering footstep right;
Uisplavs thy love, and kuulio
4
lt< promises rejoice our hearts ;
Its doctrines are divinely true;
Knowledge and pleasure u imnarts ;
It comtoiis and instructs us too.
5
Ye British isles, who have this word,—
t-, who feel its saving power, —
L nite your tongues to praise die Lord,
And his distingutsh'd giace adoie.
C.M. Vr. S. Stennttt.
Staughun .'<•- . Prov.Coll. 10.
• Cod's HorJ.
LFT avaru e. from shore to shore,
Her tavnte God pursue;
rd, O Lord, we value more
liun India or Peru.
More, m.nev of knowledge, love, and joy,
rn*d to our sight ;
The purest gold without alloy,
And gems divineh bright.
The counsels of redeeming grace,
infold ;
And luie, the baviour's lovely face
Our rapturd eves behold.
4
Here, light descending Mom above
Direct! our doubtful feet:
Here, promises oi heavenly love
Our ardent wishes meet.
')
Our numerous griefs are liere redresr,
And all our wants supplied;
Nought we can ask to make us blest
Is in this book denied.
6
For these inestimable gains,
• i enrich the nuiid,
O may we search with eager pains,
i that we shall hnd'
C.M. Steele.
Is 110, Evans's 190.
fit Excellency and Sufficiency of the Holy
Scriptures.
F\ 1 H F R of mercies ' in thy word
\\ lut endless glory shines :
For ever be thy name a lord
For these celestial lines.
2
Here, iTuy the wretched sons of want
F.\haustiess nci.es hnd ,
Riches above what earth can grant,
And lasting as the mind.
3
Here, the fair tree of knowledge g-
And field] a free i .
Sublimer sweets than nature knows
Invite the longing taste,
4
Here, the Redeemer's welcome voice
and ;
ind everlasting joys,
Attend the blisstul sound.
5
O Bkaj d»e>e heavenly pages be
. ei dear delight;
And still new beauties may 1 see,
And Mill increasing light:
6
Divine instructor, gracious Lord:
Be thou for ever near,
leach OX tu love thy ;a» re 1 word,
And
47,48
SCRIPTURE.
49, 50
THE MORAL LAW, &c.
47- CM. Dr. Gibbons.
Salem 139, Braintree 25.
Our Duty to God, Exod. xx. 3—12.
THAT God, who made the worlds on
And air, and earth, and sea, [high,
Own as thy God ; and to his name,
In homage bow the knee.
2
Let not a shape, which hands have wrought
Of wood, or clay, or stone,
Be deein'd thy God ; nor think him like
Aught thou hast seen or known.
3
Take not in vain the name of God ;
Nor must thou ever dare,
To make thy falshoods pass for truth,
By his dread name to swear.
4
That day, on which he bids thee rest
From toil, to pray and praise —
That day keep holy to the Lord,
And consecrate its rays.
5
O may that God, who gave these laws,
Write them on every heart;
That all may feel their living power,
Nor from his paths depart!
48- CM. Dr. Gibbons.
Worksop 31, Gainsborough 29.
Our Duty to our Neighbour. .
THY sire, and her who brought thee forth,
With all thy mind and might,
Fear, love, and serve ; so shall thy days
Be numerous, calm, and bright.
2
The blood of man thou shalt not shed,
Its voice will pierce the sky ;
And thou, by the just laws of heaven,
For the dire crime shalt die.
3
To thine own couch thou shalt not take
A wife but her thine own :
Vast is the guilt, and on thine head
Heaven darts its vengeance down.
4
Thou shalt not, or from friend or foe,
Take aught by force or stealth ;
Thy goods, thy stores, must grow from right,
Or God will curse thy wealth.
5
No man shalt thou, by a false charge,
Or crush or brand with shame ;
Dear as thine own, so wills thy God,
Must be his life and name.
6
Thy soul one wish shall not let loose
For that which is not thine ;
Live in thy lot, or small or great,
For God has drawn the hue.
{.Hjinn 47, Mr. b, may be aided here.}
49- L.M. Dr. Doddridge.
Green's Hundred 89, Fawcett 184.
The Sinner found wanting, Dan. v. 27.
RAISE, thoughtless sinner! raise thine
Behold the balance lifted high : [eye ;
There shall God's justice be display 'd,
And there thy hope and life be weigh'd.
2
See, in one scale, his perfect law !
Mark with what force its precepts draw ;
Wouldst thou the awful test sustain, [vain !
Thy works, how light— thy thoughts, how
3
Behold ! the hand of God appears
To trace those dreadful characters;
' Tekel! — thy soul is wanting found,
' And wrath shall smite thee to the ground.'
4
Let sudden fear thy nerves unbrace ;
Confusion wild o'erspread thy face ;
Thro' all thy thoughts, let anguish roll,
And deep repentance melt Uiy soul.
One only hope may yet prevail, —
Christ in the scripture turns the scale ;
Still doth the gospel publish peace,
And shew a Saviour's righteousness.
6
Jesus, exert thy power to save,
Deep on this heart thy truth engrave,
Great God, the load of guilt remove,
That trembling lips may sing thy love.
50. L.M.
Babylon Streams 23, Kingsbridge 88.
The practical Use of the moral Law to the
convinced Sinner.
HERE, Lord ! my soul convicted stands
Of breaking all thy ten commands :
And on me justly might'st thou pour
Thy wrath in one eternal shower.
2
But, thanks to God ! its loud alarms
Have warn'd me of approaching harms ;
And now, O Lord, my wants 1 see;
Lost and undone, I come to thee.
3
I see my fig-leaf righteousness
Can ne'er thy broken law redress i
Yet, in thy gospel plan, 1 see
There's hope of pardon e'en for me.
Here I behold thy wonders, Loul —
How Christ hath,' to thy law, restor'd
Those honours, on th1 atoning day,
Which guilty sinners took away.
5
Amazing wisdom, power, and love,
Display'd to rebels from above
Do thou, O Lord, my faith increase,
To love and trust thy p;an oi grace.
II, 52
THE LAW. i in. GOSPEL
, I CM. < mvper.
Burftu
Illegal Obedience follwiv I by Evangelical.
Nreagtfa oi nature can suffice
vc the Lord aright ,
And what she has, she misapplies,
i tat ut dearer light.
How long beueath the law 1 lay
in bondage and dii
1 toil'd, the precept to obey;
but toO'd without s..
3
I hen, to abstain from outward sin
w j> more than l oould <io ;
: i (eel its power within,
1 ted 1 have it too i
4
Then, all m\ servile works were done
iflMiniBCM to rajae ;
::eely chosen in the Son,
1 treel) choose Ins ■
5
• W hat shall I do" was then the word,
That I may worthier grow?
1 W hat shall I render to the Lord?'
Is my inquiry now.
r>
To see the law by Chust fulfill 'd,
And hear his pardoning voice,
Changes a slave into a child,
And duty into choice.
L. M. Dr. H'attfs Lyric Poems.
Paul's 2ki, Green's Hundred 89.
The La-v anJ QoSpd ; or, Chris} a Refuge.
'/^ URST be the man. for ev er curst,
V^ ' That doth one wilful sin commit :
' Death and damnation tor the hrst,
1 Without relict, and mtinite.'
2
Thus Sinai roars, and round the earth
Thunder, and lire, and vengeance.
But, Je>'is, thj dear gasping breath
And Calvary say gentler things;
3
4 Pardon, and grace, and boundless love,
' Streaming along a Saviour's blood ;
' Ami hie, and joy >, di\d crowns above,
4 Obtain .ceding Cod.'
I
Hark, how he prays, (the charming sound
Dwells on his dying iij>s) 4 Forgive''
And evry groan and gaping wound
Cries, ' Father, let the rebels live :'
5
Go, you that rest upon the law.
And toil and seek salvation
Look to the flame tint Moses saw.
And shrink, and tremble, and despair :
6
But I'll retire beneath the I
■ a. at thy dear feel 1
And the keen sword, that justice draws
Flaming and red, shall pass me by.
Fagic Street !:■, GfOVC I.' >
The Ctrtmomal Late, He1
ISRA1 I . .n in. . m days,
Not on!) \'a<\ a view-
But learn 'd me gospel ton ;
The types and '
In which thev saw the Saviour's face.
2
The paschal -a
And biood-bespriakJed door,
Seen with enhghten'd eyes,
And once apply 'd with power,
Would teach the need of other blood,
|o rei bm He an angry God.
3
The lamb, the dove, set forth
His perfect innocence,
w hoae blood of matnhlrai worth
Should be the soul's defence j
For he, who can for sin atone,
Must have no failings of his own.
4
The scape-goat on his head
The people 1 trespass bore,
And, to the desert led,
W a> to be seen no more ;
In him our surety seem'd to say,
4 Behold, I bear your sins away.'
')
Dipt in his fellow's blood,
The living bird went free;
The type, well understood,
I tpress'd the -mners plea;
DescribkJ a guilty soul enlarg'd,
And by a Saviour's death discharg'd.
6
Jesus, I love to trace,
Throughout the sacred page,
The footsteps of thy grace,
The same in even a
O grant that I may faithful be
To clearer light vouchsai'd to me.
TBI GOSPEL.
j L L. M. BiJ.J.rne.
Portugal 97, Langdon J 17
The GeajN i <;/ Cfrwafc
GOD, in the gospel
fiis eternal councils known,
Tis here, his nchest raercy thanes,
And truth is drawn in taircst lines.
2
Here, sinners of an humble frame
May ia*ie nil grace, and learn his name,
frit m characters of blood,
Severely just, immensely good.
3
Here, Jesus in ten ^hou^an<! «
His soul-attracting chacrus displays,
Recounts his poverty and |
And tells his love in melting Ft
55, 56
SCRIPTURE.
57
Wisdom its dictates here imparts,
To form our minds, to cheer our hearts ;
Its influence makes the sinner live,
It bids the drooping saint revive.
Our raging passions it controls,
And comfort yields to contrite souls;
It brings a better world in view,
And guides us all our journey thro'.
6
May this blest volume ever lie
Close to my heart, and near my eye,
Tiil life's last hour my soul engage,
And be my chosen heritage'
55- CM. Dr. Gibbons.
Irish 171, Cambridge New 74.
The Gospel -worthy of all Acceptation,
1 Tun. i. 15.
JESUS, th' eternal Son of God,
Whom seraphim obey,
The bosom of the Father leaves, *
And enters human clay.
2
Into our sinful wor'd he comes
The messenger of grace,
And on the bloody tree expires,
A victim in our place.
Transgressors of the deepest stain
In him salvation find:
His blood removes the foulest guilt,
His Spirit heals the mind.
4
Our Jesus saves from sin and hell;
His words are true and sure ;
And on this rock our faith may rest
lmmoveably secure.
5
O let these tidings be receiv'd
With universal joy,
And let the high angelic praise
Our tuneful powers employ!
6
' Glory to God, who gave his Son
' To bear our shame and pain '
' Hence peace on earth, and grace to men.
' In endless blessings reign.'
56- CM.
Wiltshire 110, Oxford 177.
The Gospel a Feast, Isaiah xxv. 6.
ON Sion, his most holy mount,
God will a feast prepare,
And Israel's sons and Gentile lands
Shall in the banquet share.
2
Marrow and fatness are the food
His bounteous hand bestows:
Wine on the lees, and well refin'd,
In rich abundance flows.
3
See to the vilest of the vile
A free acceptance given'
See rebels, by adopting grace,
Sit with the heirs of heaven !
The pain'd, the sick, the dying, now
To ease and health restor'd,
With eager appetites partake
The plenties of the board.
5
But O what draughts of bliss unknown,
What dainties shall be given,
When, with the myriads round the throne,
We join the feast of heaven !
6
There joys immeasurably high
Shall overflow the soul,
And springs of life that never dry,
In thousand channels roll.
57- 148th. Altered by Toplady.
Portsmouth New 144, Jubilee New 197.
The Jubilee.
BLOW ye the trumpet, blow
The gladly solemn sound!
Let all the nations know,
To earth's remotest bound.
The year of Jubilee is come;
Return, ye ransom'd sinners, home.
2
Exalt the lamb of God,
The sin-atoning lamb ;
Redemption by his blood
Thro' all the lands proclaim :
The year of Jubilee is come ;
Return, &c.
3
[Ye, who have sold for nought
The heritage above,
Shall have it back unbought.
The gift of Jesus' love :
The year of Jubilee is come ;
Return, &c]
4
Ye slaves of sin and hell,
Your liberty receive :
And safe in Jesus dwell,
And blest in Jesus live :
The year of Jubilee is come ;
Return, &c.
5
Ye bankrupt debtors, know
The sovereign grace of heaven ;
Though sums immense ye owe,
A free discharge is given :
The year of Jubilee is come ;
Return, ice
6
The gospel trumpet hear,
The news of pardoning grace:
Ye happy souls, draw near,
Behold your Saviours face :
The year of Jubilee is come ;
Return, &c.
7
Jesus, our great High Priest,
Has full atonement made:
Ye weary spirits, rest ;
Ye mournful souls, be glad!
The year of Jubilee is come ;
Return, ye ransom'd sinners, home.
THE GOSPEL.
Gloucester 12, Dertu
<,ojf*l Jubilee, I' dm bulla
LOUD lei the tuneful trumpet sound,
; tiding! rounds
\ lOOl with transport hear,
And half the Lord's accepted rear
I
Ye debtors, whom he gives to kn<,w
Tlut \ou ten thousand talents
W hen humble at hi> feet \ou fail,
Your [racion a them all.
dial have borne the heavy chain
md hell's t\ranntc reign,
To liberty assen fOWf claim.
And urge the great Redeemer's name.
\
The rich inheritance of heaven,
>. uir joy, fttUf gil *n ;
ill \our armal waits,
\N ith golden streets and pearly gates.
5
Her blrst inhabitants no more
! bondage tad poverty depl
I No debt, but love hwiflHflj ?reat ;
, Their jov still rises with the debt.
6
0 happy souls that know the sound,
i Cele>tial light tht-ir Kept surround,
at jubilee begun,
Which thro' eternal years shall run.
I M. Dr. t. S.-
Oxford 1~7, Hamnv -
The glorious Cospel of tht blessed God,
1 Tun. i. II.
WHAT wMom. majesty, and grace.
Thro1 ail the gospel thine!
Tis God that speaks, and we confess
The doctrine most divine.
o
Down from his starry throne on high,
Th' almighty Saviour comes;
Lays hi> bright robes of glon
And feeble flesh a-
3
The mighty debt, that sinners ow'd,
Upon the cross he ;
Then thro' the clouds ascends to God,
Midst shouts of loftiest pr
\
There he our great Hi°h Priest appears
Before his Fathers throne;
Mingles his merits with our tears,
And pours salvation down.
5
Great God, with reVrence we adore
mice and thy grace :
my raithfuln'e»s and power
Out hrm dependence place.
tU$*t Serm»ns.
Gould rente* 179.
Ike Gospel is the Poiver of God to Salvation,
Rom. i. 16.
WHAT shall the dwng sinner do,
all his woe?
Where d.all the guilty conscience find
r.a*e tor the torment of the mind'
all we get our crimes forgiven,
Or form our natures fit for hi
Can souis, all o'er dehl'd with -in.
Make ii I > and pa-sions clean?
In vain we search, in vain we try,
••rings his gos]xrl nigh;
re that power and ?lor\ dwell
ive rebellious souls from hell.
4
■ pillar of our hope,
That bears our fainung spirits up;
, we trust the word,
And find salvation in the Lord.
F.et men or angels dig the mines
nature s golden treasuie shines;
Brought near the doctrine of the cro>s,
All nature's go.d appears but dross.
6
Should viie blasphemers with disdain
Pronounce the truths of |esus vain,
We'll meet the scandal and the shame.
And sing and triumph in his name.
61. C. M. Dr. Wattft Sermon'.
London 180, Follett 181.
A rational Defence of the G
SH \I L atheists dare insult the cross
U incarnate God!
Shall inridels revile his truth,
And trample on his blood!
What if he choose mysteriooa
To cleanse us from our faults;
May not :he works ot sovereign grace
rransceod our feeble thougnts?
What if his gospel bid us strive
With Bcs id sin'
The prize is most divinely bright
>e are calPd to win.
4
What if the men, de-pis'd on earth,
: his grace partake?
This but confirms his truth the more ;
For so the prophets spake.
Do some, that own his sacred truth,
Indulge their souls in sin •
None should reproach the saviour's name;
His laws are pure and clean.
6
Then let our faith be firm and strong ;
Our lips profess hb a
Nor ever sh '.in those holy men
\N ho fear and love the Lord.
62
SCRIPTURE DOCTRINES.
63, 64
SCRIPTURE DOCTRINES AND
BLESSINGS.
62- 5,6. Toplady's altered.
Bourton 50, Haughton 68.
Everlasting Love, Electing Grace, and
Personal Holiness.
HOW happy are we,
Our election who see,
And venture, O Lord, for salvation on thee !
In Jesus approv'd,
Eternally lov'd,
Upheld by thy power we cannot be mov'cL
:Tis sweet to recline
On the bosom divine,
And experience the comforts peculiar to
While, born from above, [thine :
And upheld by thy love,
With singing and triumph to Zion we move :
3
Our seeking thy face
Was all of thy grace,
Thy mercy demanus and shall have all the
No sinner can be [praise.
Beforehand with thee,
Thy grace is preventing, almightv, and free.
4
Our Saviour and friend
His love shall extend,
It knew no beginning, and never shall end:
Whom once he receives
His Spirit ne'er leaves,
Nor ever repents of the grace that he gives.
5
This proof we would give,
That thee we receive ; [believe.
Thou art precious alone to the souls that
Be precious to us !
All besides is as dross, [cross.
Compar'd with thy love and the blood of thy
PART THE SECOND.
Yet, one thing we want,
More holiness grant !
For more of thy mind and thy image we pant ;
Thine image impress
On thy favourite race ;
O fashion and polish thy vessels of grace !
Thy workmanship we
More fully would be ;
Lord, stretch out thine hand, and conform
us to thee :
While onward we move
To Canaan above,
Come, Jill us with holiness,^// us with love.
8
Vouchsafe us to know
More of thee below,
Thus fit us for heaven, and glory bestow :
Our harps shall be tun'd,
T. he Lamb shall be crown'd,
Salvation to Je»us thro' heav'n shall resound.
63- L.M. Beddome.
Kingsbridge 88, Lewton 30.
The Consequence; of Election,
Rom viii. 33—39.
WHO shall condemn to endless flames
The chosen people of our God »
Since, in the book of life, their names
Are fairly writ in Jesus' blood.
2
He, for the sins of all the elect,
Hath a complete atonement made:
And justice never cad expect
That the same debt should twice be paid.
Not tribulation, nakedness,
The famine, peril, or the sword ;
Not persecution, or di-tress,
Can separate from Christ the Lord.
4
Nor life, nor death, nor depth, nor height,
Nor powers below, nor powers above ;
Not present things, nor things to come,
C3n change his purposes of love.
5
His sovereign mercy knows no end,
His faithfulness shall still endure:
And those, who on his word depend,
Shall find his word for ever sure.
64. 148. L.H.C.
Bethesda 112, Eagle Street 16, Hinton 266.
Eternal and unchangeable Love, 2 Tim.
i. 12.— Chap. ii. 13 —Phil. i. 6.
OMY distrustful heart,
How small thy faith appears !
But greater, Lord, thou art,
Than all my doubts and fears:
Did Jesus once upon me shine ?
Then Jesus is for ever mine.
2
Unchangeable his will,
Tho' dark may be my frame ;
His loving heart is still
Eternally the same :
My soul thro' many changes goes ;
His love no var.dtion knows.
3
Thou Lord, wilt carry on,
And perfectly perform,
The work thou hast begun
In me a sinful worm;
'Midst all ray fears, and sin, and woe,
Thy Spirit will not let me go.
4
The bowels of thy grace
At first did freely move:
I still shall see thy face,
And feel that God is love;
Myself into thy arms 1 cast.
Lord, save, O save my soul at last.
COVENANT OF GRA< E
-.7.4.
Lewes 6J, Painswk i
The go ■ \ction in
Chris:
Sons we .in-, i lion,
v\ ho m fesuj Christ believe .
il destination,
iga i^rja- we ben n
I ord, tin
•th giaie and tlOTJ gi\e.
len soul, by anning,
Merits everlasting pain ,
But thy love, without beginning,
agam i
Countless millions
shall in lite, through Je»us, reign.
3
Pause, m , and wonder!
me"
nil put me in the number
or the saviour's family:
Hallelujah!
:al thanks to thee;
4
Since that love had no beginning,
And shall never, never a
Keep, o keep me, Lord, from sinning!
Guide me In the waj of peace!
Make me walk in
All the paths of hoi.:.
5
When I quit this feeble mansion,
And my soul return* to thee ;
Lei the power of thy ascension
Manifest itself in me:
Thro' thy spun.
Give the rinal victory!
6
\\ hen the angel sounds the trumpet ;
When my soul and body join,
When my saviour comes u> judgment,
Bright in m&jest) divine ;
let me triumph
In thy nghteou»ne»s as mine.
7
When in that blest habitation,
VS hirh my God lias fore-ordain'd;
\\ hen, in glory's full possession,
1 with saints and angels stand ;
I e only
und thro' Canaan's land.
66- 6. 8. 4. Oliver.
I .eoni 90.
The Covenant God.
THE God of Abram praise,
U ho reigns enthron'd above ;
Ancient of everlasting
And God of love:
Jehovah, great 1 AM
By earth and heaven contest,
n i oless the sacred name
For ever bless'd.
At whose lupremc command;
I rom earth l nse, and ^.-i-k ibi
I'd all on ii
it's W ..n<l power :
And him my unlj portion make,
Mj shield and tOW< i .
3
The God of Abram p
• .ill-suffu icni'
Shall guide me, all my lupp}
In ali Kil m I
He i ail* a worm nil friend*
- himseU mj I
And he shall save nit- to the end,
Thru' |
4
He b) himself hath sworn ,
I on his oath depend ,
1 shall, on eagles wings upborne,
»ven asi end ;
1 shall behold his face,
I shall his power ad
And sing the wonders of his grace
I or evermore!
PART THE SECOND.
Tho' nature's strength decay,
And earth and hell withstand ;
.is bounds I urge my way
At God's command:
The water; deep 1 pa»>,
\\ i tli Jesus in my view,
And thro' the howling wildc:
'. av puisue.
6
The goodly land 1 see
\\ ith peace and plenty blest j
Tiie land of sacred liberty
And endless rest :
milk and honey flow,
And oil and wine abound ;
And trees of life for ever grow,
\\ ith ueccj * iou :iil.
7
There dwell, the Lord our king,
The Lord our righteousness!
Triumphant o'er the world and sin,
1 he Prince of Peace :
On Stan's ^acred height
His kingdom still maintains ;
And glorious, with hb saints in light,
Eor ever reigns.
8
The ransom'd nations bow
Before the saviour I
Joyful their radiant crowns they throw,
O'erw helm'd with grace :
He shews his scars of ii v e ,
Tkey kindle to a name,
And sound thro' all the worlds above,
• The slaughter'd Lamb'.'
g
The whole triumphant host
Give thanks to God on high,
' Hail, rather, Son, and Holy Ghost1'
They eve: |
67, 68, 69
SCRIPTURE DOCTRINES.
70
Hail Abram's God and mine!
I join the heavenly lays ;
All might and majesty are thine,
And endless piaise.
67- CM. Dr. Doddridge.
Missionary 257, Worksop 31, Salem 139.
Support in God's Covenant under Trouble,
2 Sam. xxiii. 5.
MY God, the covenant of thy love
Abides for ever sure ;
And. in its matchless grace, I feel
My happiness secure.
2
What, tho' my house be not with thee
As nature could desire?
To nobler joys, than nature gives,
Thy servants all aspire.
3
Since thou, the everlasting God,
My father art become ;
Jesus, my guardian and my friend,
And heaven my final home;
4
1 welcome all thy sov'reign will,
For all that will is love ;
And when 1 know not what thou dost,
I wait the light above.
5
Thy covenant the last accent claims
Of this poor faultering tongue ;
And that shall the first notes employ
Of my celestial song.
68- H2th. Bentley's Collection.
Scarborough 203, Hoxton 121.
o
Pleading the Covenant, Psalm lxxiv. 20.
LORD, my God! whose sovereign love
I* still the same, nor e'er can move,
Look to the covenant, and see,
Has not thy love been shewn to me?
Remember me, my dearest friend,
And love me alvvavs to the end.
" 2
Be with me still, as heretofore,
And help me forward more and mere ;
My strong, my stubborn will incline
To be obedient still to thine :
O lead me, by thy gracious hand,
And guide me safe to Canaan's land.
69- 7s.
Feversham 220, Bath Abbey 147.
Redeeming Love.
V[OW begin the heavenly theme,
JLN Sing aloud in Jesus' name !
Ye, who his salvation prove,
Triumph in redeeming love.
2
Ye, who see the Father's grace
Beaming in the Saviour's face,
As to Canaan on ye move,
Praise and bless redeeming love.
Mourning souls, dry' up your tears
Banish all your guilty fears ;
See your guilt and curse remove,
Cancell'd by redeeming love.
4
Ye, alas! who long have been
Willing slaves to death and bin,
Now from bliss no longer rove,
Stop and taste redeeming love.
5
Welcome all, by sin opprest,
Welcome to his sacred rest;
Nothing brought him from above,
Nothing but redeeming love.
6
When his Spirit leads us home,
When we to his glory come,
We shall all the fulness prove
Of our Lord's redeeming love.
7
He subdu*d th' infernal powers;
Those tremendous foes of ours
From their cursed empire drove-
Mighty in redeeming love.
8
Hither, then, your music bring,
Strike aloud each cheerful string;
Mortals, join the host above,
Join to praise redeemirvg love.
70- L.M. Steele.
Winchester 137, Rothwell 174.
Redemption by Christ alone, 1 Pet. i. 18, 19.
ENSLAV'D by sin, and bound in chains
Beneath its dreadful tyrant sway,
And doom'd to everlasting pains,
We wretched guilty captives lay.
2
Nor gold nor gems could buy our peace ;
Nor the whole woild's collected store
Suffice to purchase our release ;
A thousand worlds were all too poor.
3
Jesus, the Lord, the mighty God,
An all-sufficient ransom paid :
Invalu'd price' his precious blood
For vile rebellious traitors shed.
4
Jesus the sacrifice became
To rescue guilty souls from hell 1
The spotless, bleeding, dying Lamb
Beneath avenging justice fell.
5
Amazing goodness' love divine!
O mav oui grateful hearts adore
The matchless grace ; nor yield to sin,
Nor wear its cruel fetters more!
6
Dear Saviour, let thy love pursue
The glorious work it has begun :
Each secret lurking foe bubdue,
And let our hearts be thine alone.
REDEMPTION
■ - t F-
VfiMburj ii, rrcvecca
t'mi.hed Redemption.
HAJUCl the T< 1 mciiv
. ids aloud from Calvary i
. rendi the locks asu.
ikes the earth, ami veils the sk> I
• it is finbh'd!'
Hear the dying -
1 1 in InhhM — o what pleasure
min| words afford I
iic.ivi-n. i ..an meatuxe
•m Chrni the I
it ii finish *di —
rdi record.
3
Finish'd all the types and lha
nonial law!
Finish'd all that God had promis'd ;
Death and hell no more shall awe.
It is finish'd' —
faints, from hence your comfort draw.
4
[Happy took, approach the table,
il-ieviving food ;
half w sweet and pleasant
art Boh an.l blood.
id —
Christ has borne the heavy load.]
5
nr harps anew, ye seraphs,
Join to sing the pleasing theme;
All in earth, and all in heaven,
loin to praise lmmanuel's name.
Hallelujah:
Glory to the bleeding lamb!
7 J. I . M. Dr.S. (MMtf.
Leeds 19, Rochfon:
[Verses 1, 8, and 6, of this Hymn, are set
to the Tune called S.itva:i,my LTT.J
Itisjiniihtd, John xiv 10.
»*TMS finish'd! in the Saviour cry'd,
J. And meekly bow'd his head, and dy'd
Tis finish'd — yes, the race is run,
The battle fought, the victory won.
Tis finish'd— all that heaven decreed,
And ail the ancient prophet
Is now tulhd'd. as wa> des;_
In me, the Saviour oi mankind.
J
Tis hnish'd — Aaron now no more
■ in his robes with purple £i>re ;
led veil is rent in twain,
. isfa rues no more remain.
^
% i oan
ris shall be redeem'd from death,
Hv th.s my Last expiring bieath.
'I is finish'd— I . il'.i,
And ail the powers of darkness ipoil'di
: ivc, and happiness I
Return, ami dwell with sintul men.
6
' 1 1* finish'd— let the joyful sound
Be heard thro' all the nations round:
TiS finish'd — let the echo tly
Thro' heaven and hell, thro' earth and sky.
7 ', -> ' iurnei .
I bnefield H.
■ RiJemptiont
Lph. i. 7. 11.
SHALL letus de* end from the skies,
ne for our sins by his bio .d,
And shall we SUCfa goodness ■!■
And rebels still be to our God?
•
N o brute could be ever so base !
Miali man thus ungrateful then prove?
Forbi 1 it, O God oi all grace!
Forbid it, thou Spirit of love!
3
The devils would laugh us to scorn,
For folly so shameful as this:
O let us to God then return,
Sure never wa> goodness like his.]
4
He viv'd us or we had been lost,
mfort, nor hope had e'er known ;
knew this salvation would cost
than the blood of h.
5
Thro' him we forgiveness shall find,
Ami taste the sweet hlrmngS ot peace;
If, contrite ^w\ humbly resign'd,
We trust in his promised pace.
C
Tins world, then, with all its gay joy
That its thousands has snar'd and undone,
May tempt, but shall never destroy
\\ horn Jesus has mark'd for Ins own.
7
While here thro' the desert we
Our (,od shall be all our delight;
Our pillar of cloud in the di\.
And also of tire in the night :
8
Till, the Jordan of death safely pass'd,
we and on the heatvenlj shore,
Where we the hid manna shall taste,
inger nor thirst anv more.
9
And there, while his glories we see,
And feast on die joys of his lovr,
VA e -lung'd to his likeness shuil be,
And then shall all gratitude prove.
7 1- 8. 8. 6. Toplaefy.
Chatham 5'i, Hinton 2(56.
Chris:'
o didst thy glory leave
rrom nature's d<
O
75
SCRIPTURE DOCTRINES.
76, 77
If thou hast bought me with a price,
My sins against me ne'er shall rise;
For thou hast borne them all.
2
And wast thou punish'd in my stead?
Didst thou without the city bleed
To expiate my stain.'
On earth my God vouchsafed to dwell,
And made of infinite avail
The sufferings of the man.
3
Behold him for transgressors given!
Behold th' incarnate King of heaven
For us, his foes, expire!
Amaz'd, O earth! the tidings hear!
He bore, that we might never bear,
His Father's righteous ire.
4
Ye saints, the man of sorrows bless,
The God, for your unrighteousness,
Deputed to atone :
Praise, til!, with all the ransom'd throng,
Ye sing the never-ending song,
And see him on his throne.
75- 8,7. L. H. C.
Tabernacle 239, Trowbridge 21.
Gratitude for the Atonement.
HAIL! thou once despised Jesus,
Hail thou Galilean king!
Thou didst suffer to release us;
Thou didst free salvation bring :
Hail thou agonizing Saviour,
Bearer of our sin and shame !
By thy merits we find favour ;
Life is given thro' thy name.
Paschal lamb, by God appointed,
All our sins on thee were laid :
By almighty love anointed,
Thou hast full atonement made :
All thy people are forgiven
Thro' the virtue of ihy blood ;
Open'd is the gate of heaven :
Peace is made 'twixt man and God.
3
Jesus, hail enthron'd in gl.»ry,
There for ever to abide
All the heavenly host adore thee,
Seated at thy father's side:
There for sinners thou art pleading;
There thou dost our place prepare ;
Ever for us interceding,
Till in glory we appear.
4
Worship, honour, power, and blessing,
Thou art worthy to receive;
Loudest praises, without ceasing,
Meet it is for us to give :
Help, ye bright angelic spirits'
Biing your sweetest, noblest lays!
Help to sing our Saviour's mei i ts ;
Help to chant lm.iianuel's piaise.
76- 7s.
Deptford 124, Firth's 146.
Pleading the Atonement, Ps. lxxxiv. 9.
FATHER, Gud, who seest in me
Only sin and misery,
Turn to thy anointed one,
Look on thy beloved Son ;
llim, and then the sinner, see;
Look tlno' Jesus' wounds on me.
2
Heavenly Father. Lord of all,
Hear, and show thou heai 'st my call !
Bow thine ear, in mercy bow,
Smile on me a sinner now!
Now the stone to flesh convert,
Cast a look, and melt mv heart.
3
Lord, I cannot let thee go,
Till a blessing thou bestow;
Hear my advocate divine,
Lo! to his, my suit I join;
[oin'd with his, it cannot fail:
Let me now with thee prevail!
4
Turn, from me, thy glorious eyes
To his bloody sacrifice, —
To the full atonement made,
To the utmost ransom paid :
And, if mine, thro' him thou art,
Speak thy mercy to my heart.
5
Jesus, answer from above,
Is not all thy nature love ?
Pity from thine eye let fall;
Bless me, whilst on thee I call:
Am 1 thine, thou Son of God?
Take the purchase of thv blood.
6
Father, see the victim slain,
Offer'd up for guilty men:
Hear his blood prevailing cry;
Let thy bowels then reply;
Then thro' him the sinner see ;
Then, in Jesus, look on me!
77- C.M. Toplady's Collection.
Missionary 257, Cambridge New 74,
Follett 181.
Efficacious Grace, Psalm xlv. 3, 5.
HAIL! mighty Jesus! how divine
Is thy victorious sword !
The stoutest rebel must resign
At thy commanding word.
2
Deep are the wounds thy arrows give,
They pierce the hardest heart ;
Thy smiles of grace the slain revive,
And joy succeeds to smart.
3
Still gird thy sword upon thy thigh ;
Ride with majestic sw.ij :
Go forth, sweet prince, triumphantly,
And make thy foes obey.
REGENERATION.
eosopfctc ;
\\ hen all lh« I ho* I
. i. .mi i the throne ol glory, meet
0 m i\ iny humble soul be found
, thai favoui d band '
And I, «iiii them, tn> praise will M>un«l
itighout Immaouel s land.
78- I W.
. i uke six. 1—10.
On the Saviotu passM
to fain ibe 1 ord wo
.in- mii.iII, to 'Mapc the throng,
IK- ran before -mil i limu'ii a tree.
the omniscieni Lord drew nigh,
. i iu- looked anil >jw biro there j
. batten don o, foi I
; to day; prepare.
e pardoning Saviour cries,
1 viiwt'ion to thy house tecotae.
• ( hi \> ingi i»i soVreign love it hies;
, tell the blissful news at home.'
1
I oul, look on souls that qa/e mound:
i\ listening sinner speak ;
\ ancient love abound ;
, iptive take.
■ ur God to meet;
C ►me to the feast his love prepares^
• I he lost are sought and sav'd',— how
nreeti
And ' not the righteous,' ChrJri declares.
o'
» n. i me out to view;
mh-is died
< ) hear the Saviour'! voice to
nful, righteous iclf aside.'
7
. .vi. t thou Itoop to be my >;':
to my home'
tour, to my breast,
cw.
lew York 33.
In Heavtn on
: uke xv. J, \.
\\ ''iii.N some kind thepheid t'romhistold
> V lias last a straying sheep,
r bills, he anxio.is :■
main's steep:
But O the joy • the ttansport sweet!
I p in bisarmi he takes ha charge,
And to bis shoulder binds.
3
.And make fib bit.s complete:
leifhbottrs beat the :i :ws, and all
The joy rul shepherd greet.
grentei ll the joy
When but one sinnei luins,
When the puoi wseli b, with bioken heart,
His sins and arron mourns i
"i
IMe.isM with the newt, the Stintl below
In son^s then tongues employ;
lie) ond theskiet the tidings go,
And heaven is fiil'd with joy.
Well-pleas'd, the Father sees and hears
The conscious dnnei weep;
Jesus receives him in hi> arms,
And o»vns him toi Ins sheep.
7
Nor angels can then joys contain,
But kindle with new fire ,
' A wandering sheep's relum'd,' they sing,
And strike the sounding lyre.
80- CM. Dr. S.Stennett.
Wantage 204, Bangor 231.
The converted Thief, Luke xxiii. 42.
AS on the cross the Saviour hung,-
And wept, and bled, and dy'd,
lie pour'd salvation on a wretch
I hat languish'd at his side.
His crimes, with inward grief and shame,
The penitent coi.t'ess'd;
Then turn'd his dying eyes to Christ,
And thua his pravcraddress'd :
' J
• Jesus, thou Son and heir of heaven!
i sp.xk-ss I. amb of God!
' I s,-e t!n-e bath'd in sweat and tears
1 And welt'ring in thv blood.
4
• Yet quickly, from these scenes of woe,
' In triumph thou shall rise,
' Burst thro" the gloomy shades of death,
* And shine above the skies.
' Amid the glories of that woild,
' I) ,u s.uu.ur! think on me,
• An I in the M.i'ries of thy death
1 Let me a sharer be.'
6
His prayer the dying |e$US h I
And instantly replies.
1 i'o- uy thy 'parting soul shall be
1 U ith me in Paradise.'
81. 5. M. Dr. Do.::
New Eagle Street 55, Ryia I
Vital Union :•> Christ in Regeneration,
1 Cor. \i. 17.
DY. \K Saviour, we are thine
By everlasting bonds;
Our names, our hearts, we would resign,
Our souls are in thv I
9
To thee we still would cleave
With seal;
It millions tempi <is Christ to leave,
O let them ne'et prevail.
82, 83
SCRIPTURE DOCTRINES.
84, 85
Thy Spirit shall unite
Our souls to thee our head ;
Shall form us to thy image bright,
Thai we thv paths may tread.
4
Death may our souls divide
From these abodes of clay :
But love shall keep us near thy side
Thro' all the gloomy way.
5
Since Christ and we are one,
Why should we doubt or fear '
If he in heaven hath fix'd his throne,
He'll fix his members there.
82- L.M. Dr.S.Stennett.
Rochford 22, Langdon 217.
Praise to God for renewing Grace.
TO God my Saviour and my King,
Fain would my soul her tribute bring:
loin me, ye saints, in songs of praise,
For ye have known and felt his grace.
2
Wretched and helpless once 1 lay,
lust breathing all my life away ;
He saw mewelt'nng in my blood,
And felt the pity of a God :
3
With speed he flew to my relief,
Bound up my wounds, and sooilrd my grief;
Pour'djoys divine into my heart.
And bade each anxious fear depart.
4
These proofs of love, my dearest Lord !
Deep in my breast 1 will record :
The life, which I from thee receive,
To thee, behold, 1 freely give.
5
My heart and tongue slall tune thy praise,
1 hro' the remainder of my days :
And, when 1 join the powers above,
My soul shall better sing thy love.
83- L.M.
Babylon Streams 23, Paul's 246.
Human Righteousness insufficient to justify,
Mic. vi. 6— H.
WHEREWITH. O lord, shall 1 draw
Or bow myself before thy face ? Lnear,
How. in thy purer eyes appear?
What shall I bring to gain ihv grace.'
2
Will gifts delight the Lord most high?
W ill multiply "d oblations please '
Thousands of rams his favour buy '
Ur slaughtered millions e'er appease? —
3
Can these assuage the wrath of God '
Can these wash out my guilt;.
Rivers of oil. or seas of blood? —
Alas' they all must How in vain.
4
What have 1 then wherein to trust?
I nothing have, I nothing am ;
Excluded is my every boast.
My glory swallowed up in shame.
Guilty, I stand before thy face;
My soie desert is hell and wrath: 'place; —
Twere just the sentence should take
But, O 1 plead my Saviour's deatii !
6
I plead the merits of thy Son,
W ho died for sinners on the tree ;
1 plead his righteousness alone :
O put die spotless robe en me.
84 L.M.
Leeds 19, Lewton 30.
Imputed Righteousness. Jer. xxiii. 6.
La.xlv.24.
JESUS, thy blood and righteousness
My beauty are, my glorious dress ;
'Midst flaming worlds, in these array'd,
\\ ith joy ahail 1 lift up my head.
2
When, from the dust of death, 1 rise
To take my mansion in the skies ;
E'en then shall this be all my plea
' Jesus hath livd and dy'd for me.'
3
Bold shall 1 stand in that great day,
For who aught to my charge shall iay?
While, duo' thy blood, absolv'd I am
From sin's tremendous curse and shame.
4
Thus Abraham, the friend of God,
Thus all the armies bought with blood,
Saviour of sinners, thee proclaim!
Sinners — of whom the chief 1 am.
5
This spotless robe the same appears
When ruin'd nature sinks in years:
No age can change its glorious hue ;
The robe of Christ is ever new.
6
O let the dead now hear thy voice!
Bid, Lord, thy banish'd ones rejoice ;
Their beauty this, their glorious dress,
Jesus, the Lord, our righteousness.
8". 112th. President Davies.
New Haven 248, Hoxton 121.
The pardoning God, Micah vii. IS.
GREAT God of wonders! all thy ways
Are matchless, godlike, and divine ;
But the fair glories of ihy grace
More godlike and unrivalPd shine :
Who is a pardoning God like thee?
Or who has grace so rich and free ?
2
Crimes of such horroi to forgive,
Such guilty daring worms to^pare;
This is thy grand prerogative,
And none shall in the honour share:
Who is a pardoning God like thee?
Or who has grace so rich and bee '
3
Angels and men resign their claim
To pit\, meicy, love, and grace,
These glones crown Jehovah's name
With an incomparable blaze:
86, 87
PARI
I
In wonder lovt, with trembUnfl
\\ t take the paidot
Pardon t^r crimes "t d< ept
a pasdoa sealed with lesus i
w i ■> i» j pardoning God lil
Oi who has pice m> ruli an
5
•ange, tins matchless] grace,
godlike liiiui le <>i inc.
Fill ihe wide earth with grateful |
ill the angelic chotn above ■.
a pardoning <•
or wh> rich and free '.
Steele.
Ludlow 84, Bnghthdmstone 208.
Pardoning 1 . B. li<>=. \iv. 4.
HOW oft, alas1 this wretched heart
".jmicr'd from the Lord;
II ,- thoughts depart,
| tful of his word!
I, ' Return:'
Dear Ivord, and may 1 come!
My vile ingratitude I mourn;
ihe wanderer home.
3
And canst thou, wilt thou yet forgive,
b i uiv i nmes remove !
; ardon'd rebel live
eak ihv woodYoos love?
I
y grace, tliy healing power
vd rine!
zn to life and bliss restore
:><i \ ile a heart as mine.
5
ardoning love, so fiee, so sweet,
: >re;
i.e at thy sacred feet,
Ana let me rove no more.
87. L.M. Dr.Gibbonj.
. 11 ;, Sew Sabbath 122, Lcwton 30.
Forgiveness, Luke vu 47.
FORGIVENESS! 'tis a joyful sound
.alcfactors doom'd to die :
1 ■ the world around ;
pha, shout it from the sky •
I
■ rich gift of love divine ;
•ut-measunng every crime:
I .led shall its glories shine,
And feel no change by changing time.
3
is unnumlier'd as the
And like the mountains for theii size,
grace expand, —
. ereign grace arise.
4
For this stupendous love of heaven
rjatetul honoi >w?
much transgression i- : irgiven,
Let love in equal ardours g
V. ith v.ti ' n'd ;
Let tiuth and goodnea, prayer an :
In all abide, in oil abound.
Dr. Watte* 1 1
Wbkxarofu 158, Broderip
Confer '.-, 1 John i. 9,
Prov. wvm. 1 '■.
Mrowi like a I
Impatienl oi restraint,
Into thy bosom, o my Godl
Poof out a lung complaint.
2
This impious heart of mine
Could once defy the Lord,
Could rush with violence on to sin
In presence of thj sword.
3
How often have ] -
A rebel to the
. ml yet, O niauhless grace!
1 i j Hi under silent lies.
4
Oh, shall 1 never feel
The meltings of thy love?
Am 1 oi such heU-harden'd steel
That mercy cannot mover
5
O'ercome by dying love,
Ileie at thy crOM 1 lie,
And throw my flesh, my soul, my all ;
And weep, and lot
6
' Ki-e,' says the Saviour, ' .
1 Behold my wounded vei
' Here flows a sacred crimson flood
' To wash away thy stains.'
7
See God is reconcile) !
Behold hi- smiling face1
il cherubs clap their wings,
And sound aloud his grace.
89- CM. Dr. Doddridge.
Bath Chapel 26, Salem 139.
Pardon spoken by Christ, Mat ix. 2,
MY Saviour, let me hear lh]
Pronounce the words o; ;
And all m> wannest powers shalljoin
To celebrate ih\ grace.
2
With gentle smiles call me thy child,
Ami speak my sins forgiv'n;
The accents mild shall charm mine car
All like die harps ol heaven.
3
Cheerful, where'er thy hand shall I
-
Cheerful I'll quit these mortal shores,
And mingle with the dead.
A
When dreadful guilt is done away,
No other fears we kn< w ;
Hat I and crhkfa H atteis pardons down,
Shall crowns of life bestow.
C
90, 91
SCRIPTURE DOCTRINES.
92,93
90- L.M. Stogdon.
Virginia 234, Kingsbridge 88.
God ready to forgive ; or, Despair sinful.
WHAT mean these jealousies and fears
As if die Lord was loth to save,
Or lov'd to see us drench'd in tears,
Or sink with sorrow to the grave.
2
Does he want slaves to grace his throne?
Or rules he by an iron rod?
Loves he the deep despairing groan?
Is he a tyrant, oi a God?
3
Not all the sins which we have wrought,
So much his tender bowels grieve
As this unkind injurious thought,
That he's, unwilling to forgive.
4
What tho' our crimes are black as night,
Or glowing like the crimson morn,
ImnianuePs blood will make them white
As snow thro' the pure aether borne.
5
Lord, 'tis amazing grace we own,
And well may rebel-worms surprise;
But, was not thy incarnate Son
A most amazing sacrifice ?
6
* I've found a ransom,' saith the Lord,
' No humble penitent shall die :'
l.oi d, we would now believe thy word,
And thy unbounded mercies try!
91. 8, 6, 8. Cruttenden.
Ewell 80, Francis 200, Weston Favell 27.
Adoption, 1 John iii. 1 — 3.
LET others boast their ancient line,
In long succession great ;
In the proud list, let heroes shine,
And monarchs swell the state ;
Descended from the King of Kings,
Lacii saint a nobler title sings.
2
Pronounce me, gracious God! thy son,
Own me an heir divine;
I'll pity princes on the throne,
When I can call thee mine :
Sceptres and crowns unenvied rise,
Ana lose their lustre in mine eyes.
3
Content, obscure, I pass my days,
To all I meet unknown ;
And wait till thou thy ch.ld shalt raise,
And seat me near thy throne:
No name, no honours here I crave,
Well-pleas'd with those beyond the grave.
4
Jesus, my elder brother, lives;
W ith him 1 too shall reign ;
Nor sin, nor death, while he survives,
Shall make the promise vain :
In him my title stands secure,
Aud shall, while endless years endure:
When he, in robes divinely bright,
Shall once again appear,
Thou too, my soul, shalt shine in light,
And his full image bear:
Enough!— I wait th' appointed day:
Bless'd Saviour, haste, and come away.
92- C. M. Dr. Doddridge.
Braintree 25, Stamford 9.
Abba Father, Gal. iv. 6.
SOVEREIGN of all the worlds on high,
Allow my humble claim ;
Nor, while a worm would raise its head,
Disdain a father's name.
2
My Father, God ! how sweet the sound !
How tender, and how dear!
Not all the harmony of heaven
Could so delight the ear.
3
Come sacred Spirit, seal the name,
On my expanding heart;
And shew, that in Jehovah's grace
1 share a filial part.
4
Cheer'd by a signal so divine,
Unwavering I believe;
And Abba, Father, humbly cry,
Nor can the sign deceive.
93. CM. Dr. Doddridge.
Otford 106, Follett 181.
True Liberty given by Christ, John viii. 36.
HARK! for 'tis God's own Son that calls
To life and liberty;
Transported fall before his feet
Who makes the prisoners free.
2
The cruel bonds of sin he breaks,
And breaks old Satan's chain;
Smiling he deals those pardons round
W hicta free from enoless pain.
3
Into the captive heart he pours
His Spirit from on high;
We lose the terrors of the slave,
And Abba, Father! civ.
4
Shake off your bonds, and sing his grace;
The sinner's friend proclaim ;
And call on all around to seek
True freedom by his name.
5
Walk on at large, till you attain
Your father's house above ;
There shall you wear immortal crowns,
And sing immortal love.
I, 9J
COMMUNION WITH COD.
.') | . T-. Htmph
Georgia 198, rurid Mi.
TA/1 Privileges 'J the Sons of God.
Bi E9SCD .we me ions ol God;
I iu-\ are bought with Jesus' blood,
Thej ate ransnm'd from the grave,
Life eternal thej shall havei
vvuii them number'd ma] we be,
Now ami thro1 eternitj I
J
1 love them, in his Son,
Long l).!> in the world began ;
'I hey the teal <>t thii i>
When on Jesus they believe:
with them, tec.
3
They are justify M l>\ |
'J li<;> enjoy a solid peace ;
Ail thell llttsare wa-'n'd away,
'] hej thai! stand in God's gieat day :
\\ Kb them. Sec.
I
■ the fruits ol grace
In the works of righteousn
Burn of God, the \ bate all sin,
God's pure word remains within:
With them, .v..
S
They have fellowship with God,
Thro' the Mediator's i loodj
ill God, thro' Jesus one,
- in them begun :
With them, ice
6
they suffer much on earth.
Strangers t<> the worldling's mirth,
have an inward joy,
■ « hicli ( a:i neve/ cloy:
\\ ith them, &c.
7
They alone are truly bleat —
Heirs of God, joint heirs with Christ;
ith love and peace are hll'd ;
i hej aie, by his spun, seal'd:
\\ ith them numl>er'd may we be,
Now and thro' eternity I
!>*>. L.M. Dr. S. Stmncit.
Portugal 97, New Sabbath 1 22.
Christians the Sons of God, John i. 12.
1 John in. 1.
NOT all the nobles of the earth,
Who boast the honours of their birth,
Such real dignity can claim
EC who bear the cluistian name.
To them the privilege is given
To be the sons and heirs of heav'n ;
Sons of the God who reigns on high,
And heirs of joys be\ond the sky.
3
[On them, a happy chosen race,
Their lather pour-, his richest
To them his counsels In- imparts,
And stamps his image on their hearts.
I heil miant mes, their tender age,
His pus and his love engage i
He ilas'p> them in his aim-, and there
ihiin with parental care.]
ill. will he makes them earl] know,
And te.uhes then young leet to go;
insti u< tion to their minds,
A nil on then hearts his precepts binds.
o
When, thro' temptationj they rebel,
ills chast'nlng rod he in. ikes them feel ;
I hen, With a father's lender heart,
He soothes the pain and heals the smart.
7
Then daily wants his hands supply,
I hen sieps he guards wnh watchful eye,
[ eads tin m from earth to heai en above,
And ( rowns them with eternal love.
S
If I've the honour, Lord, to be
one ot tin. numerous fanail] .
on mi- the gracious :;itt besi
To call thee Abta, Father] too.
<j
my conduct ever prove
M] filial pjetj and love!
\\ hits! ni my brethren t learly trac«
Their Fathei s likeness in m> u. e
PiJ. S. M. Dr. Doddridge.
Ha. Simons 250.
Communion with God and >
1 John i. .").
OUR heavenly lather rails,
And Christ invites us near;
With boih, our friendship shall be
And our communion dear.
J
God pines all our griefs;
lie j
Ami \vi>e to ^uide our way.
How large his bounties are;
W hat v.ii
DiilusM from our Redeemer's han i.
And purchas'd with his blood I
4
-, our living 1km 1,
We bless thy faithful care;
Our advocate before the throne,
And our forerunner iliere.
5
Here fix, my roving heart !
Ibre watt, m; wannest love!
Till the communion be complete
In nobler scenes above.
97- L.M. Beddomr.
Ulverston 17;', Rippon"s 188.
Desiring Communion with God.
MY rising soul, with strung ii
To perfect happiness u\
U ith steads steps would tread the road
That leads to heaven— that leads i
C 2
98, 99
SCRIPTURE DOCTRINES.
100, 101, 102
I thirst to drink unrningled love
Trom the pure fountain-head above :
My dearest Lord, 1 long to be
Lrnpty'd of sin, and full of thee.
3
For thee I pant, for thee I burn :
Art thou withdrawn' again return,
Nor let me be the first to say,
Thou wilt not hear when sinners pray.
98- C. M. Covper.
Ludlow S4, Condescension 116.
Walking with God, Gen. v. 24.
OFOR a closer walk with God,
A calm and heavenly frame ;
A light to shine upon the road
That leads me to the Lamb !
2
Where is the blessedness 1 knew
\\ hen first 1 saw the Lord'
Where is the soul-refieshing view
Of jesus, and his word I
3
What peaceful hours I then enjoy'd !
How sweet their memory still!
But now 1 rind an aching void
The world can never fill.
4
Return, O holy dove! return
sweet messenger of rest!
I hate the sins that made thee mourn,
And drove thee from my breast.
5
The dearest idol I have known,
Whateer that idol be,
Help me to tear it from thy inrone,
And worship only diee.
6
So shall my walk be close with God,
Calm and serene my frame;
So purer light shall mark the road
That leads me to die Lamb.
99. CM. Dr. Watts's Sermons.
Worksop 31, Wantage 204.
0 that I knew where I might find him ; — Sin.
and Sorrows laid before God, Job xxiii.3,4
OTHAT I knew the secret place,
Where I might find my God!
I'd spread my wants be'.ore his face,
And pour my woes abroad.
I'd tell him how my sins arise,
What sorrows I sustain ;
How grace decays, and comfort dies,
And leaves my heart in paid.
3
Re knows what arguments I'd take
To wrestle with my God ;
I'd plead, for his own mercy's sake,
And for my Saviour's blood.
4
My God will pvty my complaints,
And heal my broken bones;
lie takes the meaning of his saints,
The language of their groans.
Arise, my soul, from deep distress,
And banish every fear;
He calls thee to his throne of grace
To spread thy sorrows there.
1 00- C. M. Dr. Watts' s Lyrics.
Abridge 201, Elenborough 170.
Sanctification and Pardon.
WHERE shall we sinners hide our heads i
Can rocks or mountains save?
Or shall we wrap us in ihe shades
Of midnight and the grave ?
%
Is there no shelter from the eye
Of a revenging God >
Jesus, to thy dear wounds we fly;
Bedew us with thv blood.
3
Those guardian drops our souls secure,
And wash away our sin;
Eternal justice frowns no more,
And conscience smiles within.
4
We bless that wond'rous purple stream
That cleanses every stain ;
Yet are our souls but half redeem'd
If sin, the tyrant, reign.
5
Lord, blast his empire with thy breath!
That cursed throne must fail ;
Ye flattering plagues, that work our death,
Fly, for we hate ye all.
101. L.M. Dr. Doddridge.
Mark's 65, Bowden 78.
Abundant Life by Christ our Shepherd,
John x. 10.
PRAISE to our shepherd 's gracious name,
Who on so kind an errand came;
Came, that by him his flock might live,
And more abundant life receive.
2
Hail, great Immanuel, from above !
High seated on thy throne of love,
O pour the vital torrent down, —
Thy people's joy, their Lord's renown.
Scarce half alive we sigh and cry,
Scarce raise to thee our languid eye ;
Kind Saviour, let our dying state
Compassion in thy heart create.
4
The shepherd's blood the sheep must heal;
O may we all its influence feel;
Till inward deep experience show
Christ can begin a heav'n below.
102- S.M. Dr.S.Stennett.
Simon's 230, Broderip's 252.
The Lfper healed ; or, Sanctification im-
plored, Matt. viii. 2, 3.
BEHOLD the lep'rous Jew,
Oppress'd with pain and grief,
Pouring his tears at Jesus' feet
For pity and relief .
103, 10t
PERSEVERENCE.
105, 10G
4 o rpe ik the word,1 be
' Ami heal me Ol QUI (> tin :
1 Lord, thou an able, il thou wilt,
■ i o make ■ lew • i lean.'
3
Compassion moves ins heart:
Hi- -peaks the gracious «
The leper feels hn strength return,
AikI all hi-. -.
To thee, dear Lord, I look,
Sin in my painful m J
And Done ase.
5
But thy almighty -
Can heal nr. lep rous soul:
O bathe me m thy precious blood,
And that will make me whole.
103. S.M. Dr. Doddridge.
Hopkins 137, Kibwottb 249.
The Security of Christ's Sheep, John x. 17—89.
MV EOUl, with joy attend,
\\ Ink' Jesus lilence breaks ;
NO an rett liar p IU< !i niUMt j ieids,
A- what my shepherd speaks.
4 1 know my sheep,' he cries,
* My sool approves them well :
4 \'jin in the treacherous world's disguise,
am the rage of hell.
3
• i freer* feed them now
' With tokens of my love;
•But richer pastures l prepare,
' And tweeter streams, at>o\e.
4
' I'nnumbcr'd years of bliss
4 1 to my sheep win give ;
while my throne unshaken stands,
4 Shall all my chosen live.
5
4 This try'd Almighty hand
4 Is rais'd for their defence:
4 Where in the powei shad reach them there?
4 Or, what shall force them thence >.'
6
Enough, my gracious Lord,
Let faith triumphant > w ,
My heart can >>n this promise live,
Can on this promise die.
101. L. M. Dr. Doddridge.
Angel'- Hymn tx), Green's Hundred 89.
Noah [reserved in the .irt, .
. .-, 1 Pet. in
THE deluge, at th' Almighty's call.
In what impetuous streams n tell!
Swallow'd the mountains in its iage,
And swept a guilts world to hell.
In vain the tallest sons of| i
Fled from the close-pursuing wave;
Nor could their mig itiesl towers defend,
Nor swiftness 'scape, uor courage save.
How dire the wreck' how loud the roar!
How thrill the universal i ry-
ot millions, in the last despair.
Re-echo'd from the low'nng sky •
4
ih, humble hippy saint!
surrounded with a ChOSCO few,
Sal in his ai k, secure from fear.
And sang the grace that steer'd him thro'.
5
So may I sing, in Jesus safe,
ince round me fall ;
I : nil how high my hopes are hx'd,
Beyond what shakes this earthly ball.
6
Knter thine ark, while patience waits,
Nor ever quit that suie retreat ;
I hen the wide tlood, which buries earth,
Shall watt thee to a tairer seat.
7
Nor wreck nor ruin there is sxen ;
1'nere not a wave of trouble
But the bright rainbow lound the throne
seals endless life to all their souls.
]05. CM. F
Bedford 91, Brighthelmstone 208.
Perseverance, Psalm cxix. 1 17.
LORD, hast thou made me know thy
Conduct me in thy rear;
it ,ne such supplies of grace,
That i may persevere.
>
Let but thy own Almighty arm
Sustain a feeble worm,
I shall escape, tecure irom harm,
Amul the dreadful storm.
J
Be thou my all-sufficient friend,
Till all my toils shall ujm' ;
Guard me through life, and let my end
Be everlasting peace.
[0t> L. M. Dr. S. Stennett.
Kingsbridge 88, Ulverston 17:'.
if sired.
JESl'S, my Saviour and my God,
Thou hast redeem'd me withthj blood;
By ties, both natural and divine,
1 am, and ever will be, thine.
But ah' should my inconstant heart,
lie I'm awaie, from thee depart,
W hat dire reproach would fall on me
For such ingratitude to thee:
3
The thought I dread, the crime 1 hate;
The guilt, the shame, I deprecate:
And yet, so mighty are my foea,
I dare not trust uiv warmest vows.
4
Pity my frailty, dearest Lord!
Grace In the needful hour afford:
O steel this tim'rous heart of mine
With fortitude and love divine.
C J
107, 108
SCRIPTURE DOCTRINES.
109, 110
So shall I triumph o'er my fears,
And gather joys from all my tears:
So shall 1 to the world proclaim
The honours of the christian name.
107- 5,6. Toplady.
Hursington 219, Winwick 75.
The Method of Salvation.
THEE Father! we bless,
Who=e distinguishing grace
Selected a people to shew forth thy praise:
Nor is thy love known
By election alone;
For, O ! thou hast aoded the gift of thy Son.
2
The goodness in vain,
We attempt to explain,
Which found and accepted a ransom for men.
Great Surety of thine,
Thou did>t not decline [design,
To concur with the Father's most gracious
To Jesus, our friend,
Our thanks shall ascend; [end.
Who saves to the utmost, and loves to the
Our ransom be paid!
In his merit arrayd [made.
We attain to the glory for which we were
4
Sweet Spirit of grace!
Tiiy mercy we bless
For thy eminent share in the council of
Great agent divine, [peace :
To restore us is thine,
And cause us afresh in thy likeness to shine.
5
O God, 'tis thy part
To convince and convert ;
To give a new life, and create a new heart :
By thy presence and grace
We're upheld in our race, [days.
And are kept in thv love to the end of our
'6
Father, Spirit, and Son,
Agree thus in one, [own ;
The salvation of those he has mark'd for his
Let us, too, agree
To glorify Thee, —
Thou ineffable One, thou adorable Three !
108- 8,7,4.
Lewes 63, Helmsley 223.
Free Salvation, 2 Tim. i. 9.
JESUS is our great salvation,
Worthy of our best esteem!
He has sav'd his favourite nation ;
Join to sing aloud to him :
He has sav'd us,
Christ alone could us redeem.
2
Wnen involv'd in sin and ruin,
And no helper there was found;
Jesus our distress was viewing ;
Grace did more than sin abound:
He has call'd us,
With salvation in the sound.
Save us, from a mere profession !
Save us from hypocrisy ;
Give us, Lord, the sweet possession
Of thy righteousness antl thee:
Best of favours!
None compar'd with this can be.
4
Let us never, Lord, forget thee:
Make us walk as pilgrims here:
We will give thee all the glory
Of the love that brought us near:
B:d us praise thee,
And rejoice with holy fear.
5
Free election, known by calling,
Is a privilege divine:
Saints are kept from final falling:
All the glory, Lord, be thine j
All the glory,
All the glory, Lord, is thine.
109. CM.
Ashley 152, Great Milton 212.
Complete Salvation.
SALVATION thro' our dying God,
shall surely he complete*;
He paid whate'er his people ow'd,
And canceil'd all their debt.
2
He sends his Spirit from above,
Our nature to renew;
Displays his power, reveals his love,
Gr.e. life ana comfort too.
3
He heals our wounds, subdues our foes,
And shews our sins forgiv'n ;
Conducts us through the wilderness,
And brings us sate to heaven.
4
Salvation now shall be my stay:
' A sinner sav'd/ i"U cry ;
Then gladly quit this mortal clay,
For better joys on high.
110- 11.8.A-
Calne 69, Pithay 191.
Distinguishing Grace, Jer. xxxi.3.
IN songs of sublime adoration and praise,
Ye pilgrims! for Sion who press,
Break forth, and extol the great ancient of
His rich and distinguishing grace, [days,
2
His love, from eternity fix'd upon you,
Broke forth and discover'd its flame
When each with the cords of his kindness he
drew,
And brought you to love his great name.
* Chri«t has made a nmplete atonement for his
people: in that sense his work is finishe.I :— T. e
work oi the Spirit, which at present, in some ot
the ittints, ;s only btgun, in due tune sbill be
completed also.
Ill
SALVATION.
112, I1J
O hj'l he not pitied d rere in,
Your bosom his love iu I ne'er fell :
You all would have iivd, would have dyHJ
loo, in bin.
And sunk with the load of vour guilt.
4
i :> there in \.".i thai could mertl es-
Orgtve the c reator delight! i teem,
ever most ting,
4 Because it scem'd good in thy sight.'
'>
'l of thy grace we were brought to
While others were suffered to ge obey •
i i which by nature we > hose as out
leads to the region* of woe
Then give all the glory to his holy name,
J belongs ;
i the high joy still to sound forth his
And crown iura in each of your songs.
11 ]. (1st Tart.) CM.
Irish 171, C \ 7 1.
By the Grace of God. I ./•« what I am,
1 Cor
Gi' Go.!, tis from thy sovereign grace
• tiow j
Wlute'er 1 .im, or do |
I to t". ■
'Tis this my powerful lusts control,
And pardons all im EM ;
Spreads lite and comfort thro' my soul,
And uuU'j im nature dean.
Th tins upholds me whilst I live,
bupp I die;
And hence ten thousand saints receive
Their ail, a* well as 1.
4
How bill must be the springs, from whence
Such various streams proceed!
The pasture cannot but be rich
On which so many feed.
1 I
(fldPait. 5.11.
Mount Fphraim 1*5, Price's 187, l.owcll 260-
• am thejirst to the last,
.i. 5.
GI ' 'ti~ a charming sound:
Harmonious to the eai '
Heaven with die echo shall resound,
And all the earth shad hear.
Grace first contriv'd the way
And all the steps .'i.;.' grace display
Which drew the win iious plan.
3
[Grace first inscnb'd my name
In God's eternal book :
Twas;. • me to the Lamb,
ill my sorrows took.j
Grace led my roving feet
hour, 1 meet
\N lule pieaM
5
[Grace taught Bt] soul to pray,
.u e n hit b kepi me to tins day,
And will not let me
(>
Grace all thewoik shall crown,
Thro' everlasting days ,
It lays in heaven the topmost stone,
And well deserves the pra
1 1.'. CM. Dr. n
Waybridge k>6.
God glorious and $h.,. \liv.23.
FA I 'HER, how wide thj glory shines'
How high ; ise!
Known duo' the earth by thousand signs,
••feds thro tiie skies.
[Part of thy name divinely statuis
On all ttiy ore
w the labour vt thine hands,
Or impress of thy ..
' 3
But, when we \i ;w I 'range design
-• rebellious woims.
Where vengeance and compassion join
In their divinest form.-,
4
Our thoughts are lost in reverend awe, —
w love, and we adore;
1 he first arch-angel never saw
bo much of God before.
5
Here the whole Deity is known;
Which of the glories brightest shone,
The justice or the srace.
[When sinners broke the Father's laws,
The dying son atom
Oh, the dear in.stenes of his cross'.
The triumph of his groans!
Now the full glories of the I.arab
Adorn the heavenly plains;
Sweet cherubs learn lmmanuel's nam*,
And try their choicest strains.
S
Oh may 1 bear some humble part
In that immortal song!
Wondet and joy sfcail tune my heart,
And love command my tongue.
1 13- CM. Dr. DotLiridge.
Grove House MS, llainmc
0 Lord, say un.'o my , ;/.', ' / am : \
fron,1 Psalm ww. 3.
SALVATION!— Oh, melodious sound
etched dying men:
■-. that from G*.d proceeds,
And leads to G
C 4
114
SCRIPTURE INVITATIONS.
11.
Rescu'd from hell's eternal gloom,
Prom fiends, and lues, and chains;
R-iis u to a paradise of bliss,
Where love triumphant reigns.'
J
But may a poor bewilder'd soul,
Sinful and weak as mine,
Presume to raise a trembling eye
To blessings so divine >
4
The lustre of so bright a bliss
My feeble heart o'erbears ;
And uuueliet a'most pe. verts
The promise into teais.
5
My Saviour God, no voice but thine
These dying hopes can raise :
Speak thy salvation to my soul,
And turn my prayer to praise.
SCRIPTURE INVITATIO
PROMISES
flONS AND
1 14. fist Part.) L.M. Dr. S. Stennett.
Paul's 245, Ulverstcn 179, Gould's 272.
God reasoning with Men, Isaiah i. 18.
OME. sinners,' saith the mighty God,
c
' Heinous as ail your crimes have been,
' I.*.1 1 descend from mine aiiode
' To reason with tr.e sons oftaea.
2
' No cloud? of darkness veil my face,
' No vengeful lightnings Hash around :
' I come wiih terms of life and peace;
' Where sin hath reign'd, let grace abound.'
3
Yes, Lord, we will obey thy call,
And to thy gracious sceptre bow;
On make our crimson sins like wool,
Our scarlet crimes as white as snow.
4
So shall our thankful lips repeat
Thy praises with a tuneful voice.
While, humbly prostrate at thy feet,
We wonder, tremble, and rejoice.
114. (2d Part) L.M.
Rippon's 183, Manning 245, Lebanon 79.
Seek ye my Face, Psalm xxvii. 8.
JEHOVAH speaks, • Seek ye my face !'
My soul admires the wondrous grace:
I'll seek thy face — thy Spirit give!
O let me see thy face and live.
T 2
1'J1 wait; perhaps my Lord may come ;
(If I turn back, now sad my doom1.)
And, begging, in his way I'll lie
Till the sweet hour he passeth by.
♦ Tlie S?ction of Hymns, entitled Scripture invi-
tations, ii now enlarged, principally on accountof
cri hip.
Daily I'll seek with cries and tears,
With secret sighs, and fervent piay'rs;
And, if not heard — I'll weeping sit,
And perish at the Saviour's feet.
4
But canst thou, Lord! see all my pain,
And bid me seek thy face in vain !
Thou wilt not, canst not, me deceive,
The soul that seeks thy face shall live.
115- (First Part.) 8,7.4.
Helmsley 223, Jordan 81.
Come and welcome to Jesus Christ,
Isaiah lv. 1.
COME, ye sinners, poor and wretched,
Weak and wounded, sick and sore !
Jesus ready stands to save you,
Full of pity join'd with power:
He is able,
He is willing : doubt no more.
2
Come, ye thirsty! come, and welcome j
God's free bounty glorify:
True belief, and true repentance,
Every giace that brings us nigh —
Without money,
Come to Jesus Christ, and buy.
3
Let not conscience make you linger;
Nor of fitness fondly dream;
All the Jitness he requ'ireih
Is, to feel your need or him j
This he gives you;
Tis his Spirit's rising beam.
4
Come, ye weary, heavy laden,
Lost and rum'd by the fall!
If you tarry till you're better,
V'»u will never come at all:
Not the righteous, —
Sinners Jesus came to call.
5
View him prostrate in the garden ;
On the ground your maker lies!
On the bloody tree behold him ;
Hear him cry, before he dies,
' It is finished!'
Sinner, will not this suffice?
6
Lo, th' incarnate God ascended
Pleads the merit of his blood :
Venture on him, venture wholly,
Let no other trust intrude;
None but Jesus
Can do helpless sinners good.
7
Saints and angels, join'd in concert,
Sing the praises of the Lamb;
While the blissful seats of heaven
Sweetly echo with his name :
Hallelujah!
Sinners here may sing the same.
15, 11 <>
SCBIPTURE INVUVTIONS.
in
1 | -, mam,
(OHtOlth, '■ :n frugal. J
iu: •
The G ' . or, Reconciliation
SINNERS, j hi aie now il
In ft* t oui Lord;
lie h*1
Paj attention to his word;
He I
Pjv .mention to hi> m
Think what you have ail been doing,
i have been;
You ur lives in nothing
But in ad ling sin to >m :
All >
I .tmued scene of sin.
3
ir long-abased Sovereign
Sends to \ niW,
Loth
>u to be reconcd'd ;
Hear t >i ill woo fOU, —
Burners, now hf» reconcile.
•>
Pardon, now, is freely publish'd
Thro'.i blood;
\a nuke atonement,
die wraih ot God:
See, it Hows through Jesus' blood !
3
In his name, von are entreated
This t, acceptance,
Listen to the terms of peace 4
< not,
Listen to the terms ot |
6
then, hear l (he mes
i heavenly mercy fraught ;
Go an 1 tell the gr n ious Jesus
•.ill be sav'd or not :
• >or sinner,
W ill you now be sav'd or not !
::ing the
■ rrn.^
116. (IstPart.^ CM. /
i k 3.
Ut tht Wicktdfor; ih .-his V.
Iv.7.
SINKERS, egard;
Th m
He calls you, by his sovereign word,
From sin's destructive way.
Like the rough sea that cannot rest,
You live devoid of I
A thousand stings within your breast
Deprive your »oul> of cue.
Your way is dark, and leads to hell ;
Why will you
Can you in endless torments dwell,
ip in black despair?
Ol >m and folly go'
B irtal woe:
5
but he, thai tui II live
Thro' bis abounding
Ot tlio-L- that K
6
Bow to the sceptre of his word,
Renouncing ever;, sin;
Submit to h:m, >o r overclgn Lord,
And k- ..vine.
7
Hi> love exceeds your highest thought! ;
He pardooi like i God;
He w:ii forgive your numerous faults,
Thro' a Redeemer's blood.
116. (2d Part. I.. If.
Tooley Street . Bredby 165.
Tht Angels ha. tenei Lot, O
lasie, and delayed not, ?-. cxi\. 00.
HA> I FA. () sinner, to be u-i.e,
\ i I ittv not for the morrow's sun ;
The longer wisdom you despite,
The harder is she to be won.
O hasten, rnercy to implore,
\ not for the morrow's sun;
For fear thy season should I
Before tin* evening's stage be run.
3
O hapten, sinner, to return,
v not for the morrow^ ram
For rear thy lamp should fail I
Before the needlul work is ..
4
O hasten, sinner, to be hint,
And stay not for the iiiorrovV
For fear the curse should thee j;i<.?t
Before the morsotv is begun.
5
O Lord, do thou the sinner turn •
•;atei
Q let him not thy counsel spuin,
Nor rue Ins fatal choice too '.ate.
1 IT- L.M.
Kingsbridge 88, Ulverston 179, Goal
■
COMEy wear -ms distre.>t,
Come, anil accept the oromis'd rest ;
The Sa\ a call obey,
And cast vour gloomv fears ..
Oppressed with guilt, a painful load;
aJ;
Divine compa >ve
\\ ill all the pa . ve.
3
Here mercy"- boundless ocn-
•i-e your guilt and heal your woes ■
Pardon, nod life. a:i : endlesj
n^- nch the I
118, 11!
SCRIPTURE INVITATIONS.
120, 121
Lord, we accept with thankful heart
The hope thy gracious words impart ;
We come with trembling, yet rejoice,
And bless the kind inviting voice.
5
Dear Saviour! let thy powerful love
Confirm our faith, cur fears remove;
And sweetly influence every breast,
And guide us to eternal rest.
118- 148th.
Eagle Street 16, Bethesda 112.
Yet there is Room, Luke xiv. 22.
YE dying sons of men,
Immerg'd in sin and woe,
The gospel's voice attend,
W hile Jesus sends to you :
f e perishing and guilty, come,
In Jesus' arms there yet is room.
2
No longer now delay,
Nor vain excuses frame :
. He bids you come to-day,
Tho' poor, and blind, and lame :
All thirgs are ready, sinner, come :
For every trembling soul there's room.
3
Believe the heavenly word
His messengers proclaim ;
He is a gracious Lord,
And faithful is his name :
Backsliding souls, return and come,
Cast off despair, there yet is room.
4
Compell'd by bleeding love,
Ye wand'ring sheep, draw near ;
Christ calls you from above,
His charming accents hear!
Let whosoever will now come :
In mercy's breast there still is room.
119. 7s.
Hotham 224, Bath Abbey 147.
Compel them to come in, Luke xiv. 23.
LORD, how large thy bounties are,
Tender, gracious, sinner's friend!
What a feast dost thou prepare,
And what invitations send!
Now fulfil thy great design,
Who didst first the message bring:
Every heart to thee incline,
Now compel them to come in.
2
Rushing on the downward road,
Sinners no compulsion need
Glory to forsake, and God ;
See they run with rapid speed :
Draw them back by love divine;
W ith thy grace their spirits win :
Everv heart, &c.
3
Thus their willing souls compel,
Thus their happy minds constrain
From the wa\s of death and hell,
Home to God, and grace again;
Stretch that conquering arm of thine,
Oace outstretch'd to bleed for sin:
Every heart to thee incline;
Now compel them to come in.
120. CM. Steele.
Huddersfield 202, Wiltshire 110,
Miisionary 'J57.
The Saviours Invitation, John vii. 37.
THE Saviour calls— let every ear
Attend the heavenly sound ;
Ye doubting souls, dismiss your fear,
Hope smiles reviving round.
2
For every thirsty longing heart,
Here streams of bounty flow :
And life, and health, and biLs impart
To banish mortal woe.
3
Hf-re springs of sacred pleasure rise
To ea^e your every pain :
( Immortal fountain 1 full supplies !)
Nor shall you thirst in vain.
4
Ye sinners, come ; 'tis mercy's voice,
The gracious call obey :
Mercy invites to heavenly joys —
Andean you yet delay f
5
Dear Saviour, draw reluctant hearts!
To thee let sinners fly,
And take the bliss thy love imparts;
And drink, and never die.
121- (1st Part.) 8,8,6.
Chatham 59, Broadmead 150, Westbary-
Leigh 278.
Whosoever will, let him come, Rev. xxii. 17.
YE scarlet-colour'd sinners, come;
Jesus, the Lord, invites you home;
O whither can you go?
What ! are your crimes of crimson hue I
His promise is for ever true ;
He'll wash you white as snow.
2
Backsliders, fill'd with your own ways,
Whose weeping nights and wretched days
In bitterness are spent,
Return to Jesus; hell reveal
His lovely face, and sweetly heal
What you so much lament.
3
Tried souls! look up — he says, Tis 1 —
He loves you still, but means to try
If faith will bear the test :
The Lord has giv'n the chiefest good,—
He shed for you his precious blood;
O trust him for the restl
4
Ye tender souls, draw hither too,
Ye grateful, highly favour'd few,
Who feel the debt you owe;
Press on, the Lord hath more to give:
By faith upon him daily live,
And you shall find it so.
l?l, 122
SCRIPTURE PROMISES.
123, 18*
I ?'
Cambud.;- I
- N
LO1 w b with smilins-
:r sight
Riches
bright,
al pleasures fill Iter i
■ | a unnux'd with pain,
• joy.'
I
Immortal crowns she now d
And thronei beyond the skies;
A
Am print.
\o\. (3d Part.' I.M
>>n 179, Portugal 97.
Tie In .
Rev. in. 17.
I HEAR the counsel of a friend.
ind, and poor.
. buj, trom m\ unbounded store*
' I only a»k you to n
■ ' —
Jesus' and are thy b.
mq dare to come to thee.
3
I come for grace, like gold rcnn'.i,
T' enrich and beautify my mind ;
. Uriah well endure,
And in the furnace crow more pure.
\
Naked, I come for that bright dress,
Thy per-
richly dy'J
In thine own blood, my shame to hide.
Like Bartimeus, now to thee
. and pray that I mav see:
[ /-salve in thy hand,
If thou the blessing but cuimiund.
6
Here, wretched, poor, and blind I came ;
me not return
Let me depa;;.
ght restored.
I . M. BedJome.
GreenS Hundred 89, Wareham 117.
Tie First Promise, Gen. in. IV
she tempter's wiles betray'd,
\V
Adam, our head .
■ i before, a pi
lliro' ail the n ... elL
to «ee
: I :
Serpent,
• riie w< head,
1 I*hj malice faintlt In
4
Thus God ded cendsj
a mortal tor .
ends,
And tiie proud oonqo
Dying, the King of glory deals
wet the prince -els,
. o.
1 .:. I.M. FameeH.
Lebanon 79, klingt
As thy l).iys, so .-h.il/ thy Strength be.
Dent
A, to Christ draw near,
Thy Saviour*! gracious pn m
thee
1 hat, as thy dajs, th\ strength si all be.
fa
Let not thy heart despond, and say
How shall ] stand the i
.
lays, thy strength shall be.
J
Thy faith is wea'<, tl y foes are strong;
And. if the conflict should be long.
I ; L rd will make the tempter I
tor, as thy days, thy strength shall be.
1
Should persecution ra^e and flame,
Still trust in thy Redeemer's name ;
In fiery trials th.-u ^halt see
That, as thy days, thy sirength sliall be.
5
When call'd to bear the weighty i
lictioo, pain.
Or deep d • riy —
Still, as thy days thy strength sliall be.
' ri
When gh.stly death ap
Christ'- | ars subdue :
He comes to set th]
And, as ih> doq ■th shall be.
124- cm.
Grea: \'s34.
Fijr nn.'.for I cm -u-ith th't, Isaiah xli. 10.
\ M) art thou with us, grauous Lord,
a a. To diss.pjte our tear'
Dost thou proclaim thyself our God,
Our God for e\er •
Dost thou a father's bowels feel
For all thy humble saints'
\nd in uivri friendly accents
To soothe Ok .
C 6
125, 126
SCRIPTURE PROMISES.
127, 128
Why droop our hearts? why flow our eyes,
Mi bile such a voice we hear?
Why j he our sorrows and our fears,
While such a friend is near'
4
To all th-.ne other favours, add
A heart to trust thy word;
And death itself shall hear us sing,
While resting en the Lord.
125- CM. Needkam.
Maidstone 196, Sprague 165.
My Grace is sufficient for thee, 2 Cor. xii. 9.
IZ IND are the words that Jesus speaks
V To cheer the drooping saint ;
' My grace sufficient is for you,
' Tho' nature's powers may faint.
2
' My grace its glories shall display,
' And make your griefs remove;
• Your weakness shall the triumphs tell
' Of boundless power and love.'
3
What, tho' my griefs are not remov'd,
Yet why should I despair :-
V\ hi!e my kind Saviour's arms support,
1 can the burden bear.
4
Jesus, my Saviour, and my Lord,
Tis good to trust thy name :
Thy power, thy faithfulness, and love,
Will ever be the same.
5
Weak a; I am, yet thro' thy grace
I all things can perform;
And, sm'iing, triumph in thy name
Amid the raging storm.
126- CM. Dr. D.ddridge.
New York 32, Devizes 14.
My Gcd shall supply all ycur need,
Phil. iv. 19,20.
MY God ! — hew cheerful is the sound!
How pleasant to repeat .'
Well may that heart with pleasure bound,
Where' God hath fix'd his seat.
2
What want shall not our God supply
1-rom his redundant stores?
What stream* of mercy from on high
An arm almighty pours!
3
From Christ, the ever-living spring,
These ample blessings flow:
Prepare, my lip,, his name to sicg,
Whose heart haslov'd us so.
4
i our Father and our God
Be endless glory given,
fhro' all the realms of man's abode,
And thro' U*e highest heaven.
127- C M. Dr. Doddridge.
Arlington 17, Hammond 226.
Fear not ; it is your Fathers good Plea -ure to
give you the Kingdom, Luke xii. 'i'i.
YE little flock, whom Jesus feeds,
Dismiss your anxious cares;
Look to the shepherd of your souls,
And smile awav your fears.
2
Tho' wolves and lions prowl around,
Hi* staff is your defence :
'Midst sands and rocks, your shepherd's voice
Calls streams and pastures thence.
3
Your Father will a kingdom give,
And give it with delight;
His feeblest child his love shall call
To triumph in his sight.
4
"Ten thousand praises, Lord, we bring,
For sure supports like these :
And, o'er the pious dead, we sing
Thy living promises.
5
For all we hope, and they enjoy,
We bless a Saviour's name :
Nor shall that stroke disturb the song
W hich breaks this mortal frame. J
128- Us. K .
Geard 156, Broughton 172.
Exceeding great and precious Promises,
2 Pet. i. 4.
HOW firm a foundation, ye saints of the
Lord,
Is laid for your faith in his excellent word!
What more can he say than to you he hath
S3id,
You who unto Jesus for refuge have fled ?
2
In every condition, — in sickness, in health,
In poverty's vale, or abounding in wealth ;
At home and abroad, on the land, on the sea,
' As thy day- may demand, shall thy strength
' ever be.
3
1 Fear not, I am with thee, O be not dis-
' may"d I
' 1, 1 am thy God, and will still give thee aid ;
■ I'll strengthen thee, help thee, and cause
' thee to stand,
' Upheld by my righteous omnipotent hand.
4
1 When thro' the deep waters I call thee to
2°'
' The rivers of woe shall not thee o'erflow ;
4 For I will be with thee, thy troubles to
' bless;
1 And sanctify to thee thy deepest distress.
1 When th-o' fierv trials thy path- way shall
'he,
' My grace all-sufficient shall be thy supply;
' The tiame shall not hurt thee; I only design
' Thy dioss to consume, and thy gold to re-
■ fine.
CHRIST.
130
• E'en down to old age, all my people shall
' prove
* liysovereign, eternal, unchangeable love ;
. .en hoary bain shall their temples
' a>!
' Like lamb', they shall still in my bosom be
1 borne.
ul that on Jesus hath lean'd for re-
' / it-ill n't, I .all not, desert to his foes;
4 That soul, tho' all hell sho-. .
Pttmtwr, no never, no never forsake.'*
* Ajtreeable to Dr. D- llation of
. s. 5.
CHRIST.
1C>. (tt Part* CM.
Abridge 201, Bedford 91,Cambridge New 74.
The Divinity of Christ.
THEE we adore. Eternal Word!
I itherl equal Son ;
edtcnt hosts adorAd,
L'er nine its course begun.
The first creation has di>play'd
Thine energy divine;
For not a single thing was made
By othei hands than thine.
3
But. ransom'd sinners with delight
Sublimer facts survey,—
The all-creating word unites
Himself to dust an
See the Redeemer ck th'd in flesh,
And ask the reason ■ w hy t'
-ver tills my soul afresh, —
• I'o sutler, bleed, and die!'
5
Creation's author now assumes
cure's humble form ;
A man of grief and woe becomes,
And trod on like a worm.
6
The Lord of glory bears the shame
Tu vile tran>gressors due ;
justice the Prince of life condemn*
To die in anguish, too. —
7
God over all, for ever blest,
The righteous curse endures :
And thu=, to souls with sin distrest,
. bliss ensures.
S
What wonders in th) person meet,
Saviour, all divine!
1 fail with rapture at thy feet.
And would be wholly thine.
129- (CdPart : CM. Medley.
Irish 171, Arlington 17.
The Incarnation of Christ, Luke it. 14.
MORTALS, awake, with angels join,
And chant the solemn lay ;
Joy. love, and gratitude, ombine
To hail lb' auspicious ua\.
In heaven the rapturous sons hegan,
And sweet seraphic fire
Thro' all the shining legions ran,
And strung and tun'd the lyre.
3
Swift thro' the vast expanse it flew,
An i loud the echo roll'd;
The theme, the tone, the joj wa< new,
Twas more than heaven could hold.
4
Down thro' the portals of the sky
Th' impetuous torrent ran ;
And angels dew with eager joy
To bear the news to man.
5
Wrapt in the silence of the night
' the eastern world,
When bursting, glorious, heavenly light
The wond'rous scene unfurld.J
6
Hark' the cherubic armies shout,
And glory leads the SOag :
Good-will an i peace -ire heard throughout
Th' harmonious heavenly throng.
7
^O for a glance of heavenly love
Our hearts and songs to raise,
Sweetly to bear our souls above,
And mingle with their lays!]
s
With joy the chorus we'll repeat,
1 Glory to God on high!
1 Good will and peace ire now complete ;
' Jesiis was born to die.'
9
Hail, Prince of I ife ' for ever hail,
Redeemer, brother, friend!
Tho' earth, and time, and life, should fail,
Thy praise shall never end.
130- 7s. J. C. W.
Georgia 192, Han's HL
H
The Song of the Angels.
ARK. the herald ange'
' Glory to the new-born King;
1 earth, and mercy mild,
01 lid.'
-
.11 ye nations, r^c,
loin the triumph or th
Hail the heaven-born Prince of Peace!
Sua ot Righteousness!
131, 132 LIFE AND MINISTRY OF CHRIST. 133, 134
[Mild he lays his glory by;
Born, that men no more might die ;
Bom, to raise the sons of earth ;
Born, to give them second birth ]
4
Come, desire of nations! come,
Fix in ua thy humble home :
Rise, the woman's promised ^eed,
Bruise in us the serpent's head.
Glory to the new-Lorn King!
Let us all the anthem sing,
' Peace on earth and mercy mild,
' God and sinners reconciPdi' '
131. CM. Steele.
Charleston 195, Sprague 166.
The Incarnation, John i. 14.
AWAKE, awake the sacred song
To our incarnate Lord ;
Let every heart, and every tongue,
Adore th' eternal word.
2
That awful word, that sovereign power
By whom the worlds were made,
(O happy morn, illustrious hour!)
Was once in flesh array^ !
3
Then shone almighty power and love
In all their glorious forms,
When Jesus left his throne above
To dwell with sinful worms.
4
To dwell with misery below,
The Saviour left the skies;
And sunk to wretchedness and woe,
That worthless man might r*se.
5
Adoring angels tun'd their songs
To hail the joyful day;
With rapture then let mortal tongues
Their grateful worship pay.
6
What glory, Lord, to thee is due !
With wonder we adore ;
But could we sing as angels do,
Our highest praise were poor.
132- 8,7,4. Robinson.
Lewes 63, Painswick 162.
Praise to the Redeemer.
MIGHTY God! while angels bless thee,
May an infant lisp thy name?
Lord of men, as well as angels,
Thou art every creature's theme :
Hallelujah,
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Amen.
2
Lord of every land and nation,
Ancient of eternal days!
Sounded through the wide creation
Be thy just and lawful praise : Hal.
3
For the grandeur of thy nature, —
Grand beyond a seraph's thought;
For created works of power.—
Works with skill and kindness wrought :
Hal.
For thy Providence, that governs
Thro* thine empire's wide domain ;
Win^s an angel, guides a sparrow :
Blessed be thy gentle reign. Hal.
5
But thy rich, thy free redemption,
Dark through brightness all along;
Thought is poor, and poor expression :
Who dare sing that awful song? Hal.
6
Brightness of the Father's glory,
Shall thy praise unutter'd lie?
Fly, my tongue, such guilty silence!
Sing the Lord who came to die. Hal.
7
Did archangels sing thy coming ?
Did the shepherds learn their lays?—
Shame would cover me ungrateful,
Should my tongue refuse to praise. Hal.
8
From the highest throne in glory,
To the cross of deepest woe ;
All to ransom guilty captives:
Flow, my praise, for ever flow. Hal.
9
Go, return, immortal Saviour!
Leave thy footstool, take thy throne ;
Thence return, and reign for ever,
Be the kingdom all thy own.
Hallelujah,
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Amen.
133. CM. Dr. Doddridge.
Bath Chapel 26, Jersey 15.
The condescending Grace of Christy
Matt. xx. 28.
SAVIOUR of men, and Lord of love,
How sweet thy gracious name !
With joy that errand we review
On which thy mercy came.
2
While all thy own angelic bands
Stood waiting on the wing,
Charm'd with the honour to obey
Their great eternal King;
3
For us, mean, wretched, sinful men,
Thou laid'st that glory by; —
First, in our mortal flesh, to serve;
Then, in that flesh, to die.
4
Bought with thy service and thy blood,
We doubly. Lord, are thine ;
To thee our lives we would devote,
To thee our death resign.
134. CM.
Tiverton 109, Otford 106.
The Redeemer's Message, Luke iv. 18, 19.
HARK,thegladsound,theSaviourcomes,
The Saviour promis'd long !
Let every heart prepare a throne,
And every voice a song.
135 SUFFERINGS AND DEATH OF CHRIST. Ml
. the Spirit, largely pour'd,
. H iu> >aiti- i
n and might, and teal and l>'\e,
Hi% hoi> i>rc.i>i inspire.
held ;
. i-uist,
ron fetters field.
4
ones, from tin. h si films 1 1 i
To i lear the mental u\ :
purest with night,
:nes, tlie bmkea heart to bind.
Ami, with the Bt Mtrei of bis grace,
1 ' iiiikIi the humble poor.
Our glad Hmssiitr. i'nn. e "' Peace,
allien ii shall procUim ;
And heaven's eternal aiches ring
With thy beloved M
13;,. I . M. It Part.) Dr. DodJridii.
Christ's Transfiguration, Matt. wii. 4.
WWW m a distance, Lacd. we trace
l be variant gion«>
\N hat transpoit poun o'er all our breast,
And charms our cares and woes to Rati
With thee in the obscurest cell
DC bleak mountain would I dwell,
Rather than pi n .held.
And share their grandeur and their gold.
3
> .-jrnsof mortal joy !
Raptuio divine mj thoug
1 see the King of Glory shine ;
And fed his love, and call linn mine.
1
On Tabor, thus Ins servants \iew\i
His lustre, when iranstorm'd be stood;
And, bidding earthly scenes farewell,
Cried, ' Lord, tis pleasant here to dwell.'
D our elevated eyes
. -ions long t<>
• in
Where all tin saints around thee shine:
6
That mount, how bright! those forms how
Ltair !
annoy ot mj I
And bear me to that blot abode.
135. (9d Par:/ B, 8, 6.
Gtthsimtinf, Matt. I
IMS! AMU. sunk with dreadful woe,
Lnfelt, unknown to ali tx-low —
t\\^ept the Son of God-
Drinks .
And sweats great drops of blood.
-'
See his dis< iples slumbering round.
Nor pitying friend on earth is tound;
He tie done :
In vam to heai
its hir.i tioin the .-kk —
His death it must atone.
O Father, lu-ar ! this CUD rem
Saw- ll love
(1 be posrrate victim -
From Oven i and dread !
nh the dead —
I
4
Hisearni l deep'ning groans,
Were beard before ang
Amazemenl wr.i|>t El
■ngihen Christ !' the Father said:
It.' astonish'd seraph bow'd his head,
: left the realms on high.
5
: . renew\] from hca-
jesus receives the cup as giv'u, [ven,
. i>erfectly resign'd.
He drinks the wormwood mix'd with gall,
Su-iams the curse, — removes it all, —
Nor leaves a dreg behind.
136- L.M. WhUfit&s Colltctiam.
Babjlon Streams 23, Green's Hundred 89.
BihoLi the Man, John xix. 5.
YF. that pass by, behold the man !
The man ofgrief,condemn\ifor you!
The I.ain!> of God, for sinners slain :—
Weeping, to Calvary pursue.
-tretch, they tear,
With nails they fasten to the w —
I bare,
Or onlv covei'd with his blood.
3
Sec there ' his temples crown'd with thorns,
His bleeding han «■ ide,
His streaming feet transfix'd ami i
The fountain gushing from his side.
Thou dear, thou suffering S^n of God,
How doth thy !u ;no\e !
Sprinkle on u* ;
And melt us witu thy dying love '
i
The earth could to her centre quake,
Convuls'd, w'.ien her Creatoi o>\l,
Oh, may our inmost nature si
Anil bow with Jesus cruci:\
6
At thy la-t gasp, the c
Their' honors to the upper ll
Oh that our s..uls might hurst the shade,
And, quickeuM by i:.. deatl •
137 DEATH AND RESURRECTION OF CHRIST. 140
The rocks could feel thy powerful death,
And tremble, and asunder part ;
Oh, rend, with thy expiring breath,
The harder marble of our heart .'
137- L-M. Steele.
Dresden 178, Paul's 246.
A Dying Saviour * .
STRETC H'D on the cross, the Saviour dies.
Hark ! his expiring groans arise !
See, from his hands, his feet, his side,
Runs down the sacred crim>on tide:
2
But life attends the deathful sound,
And flows from ev'ry bleeding wound ;
The vital stream, how free it flows
To save and cleanse his rebel foes'.
3
To suffer in the traitor's place,
To die for man, surprising grace !
Yet pass rebellious angels by —
O why for man, dear Saviour, why?
4
And didst thou bleed f— for sinners bleed !
And could the sun behold the deed?
No : he withdrew his sickening ray,
And darkness veil'd the mourning day.
5
Can I survey this scene of woe
Where mingling grief and wonder flow ;
And yet my heart unmov'd remain,
Insensible to love or pain ?
6
Come, dearest Lord! thy grace impart,
To warm this cold, this stupid heart ;
Till all its powers and passions move
In melting grief and ardent love.
* See Hymn son Redemption and the Lord's
supper.
I3g. CM. Dr. S.Stennett.
Canterbury 199, Tunbridge 103.
The Attraction of the Cross, John xii. 32.
YONDER— amazing sight!— I see
Th' incarnate Son of God
Expiring on th' accursed tree,
And welt'ring in his blood.
2
Behold a purple torrent run
Down from his hands and head :
The crimson tide puts out the sun ;
His groans awake the dead.
3
The trembling earth, the darken'd sky,
Proclaim the iruth aloud ;
And, with the amaz'd Centurion, crv
4 This is the Son of God !'
4
So great, so vast a sacrifice
May well my hope revive:
If God's own Son thus bieeds and dies,
The sinner sure may live.
5
Oh. that these cords of love divine
Might draw me, Lord to thee!
Thou hast my heart, it shall be thine —
Thine it shall ever be!
139- L.M.
Rochford 22, Redemption 243.
The dying Love of Christ constraining to
thankful Devotion, 2 Cor. v. 14, 15.
SEE, Lord, thy willing subjects bow,
Adoring low before thy throne:
Accept our humble, cheerful vow;
Thou art our sovereign, thou alone.
2
Beneath thy soul-reviving ray,
E'en cold aniiction's wintiy gloom
•Shall brighten into vernal day,
And hopes and jovs immortal bloom.
3
Smile on our souls, and bid us sing
In concert with the choir above,
The glories of our Saviour king,
The condescensions of his love.
4
Amazing love ! that stoop'd so lew,
To view with pity's melting eye
Vile men, deserving endless woe:
Amazing love ! — did Jesus diet
5
He died, to raise to life and joy
The vile, the guilty, the undone;
Oh, let his praise each hour employ,
Till hours no more their circles run j
6
He died ! — ye seraphs, tune your songs !
Resound, resound, the Saviour's nam; !
For nought below immortal tongues
Can ever reach the woud'rous theme.
140- 148th. Dr. Doddridge.
Resurrection 72, Darwell's 82.
The Resurrection of Christ, Luke xxiv. 34.
YES ! the Redeemer rose,
The Saviour left the dead,
And o'er our hellish foes
High rais'd his conquering head;
In wild dismay
The guards around
Fall to the ground,
And sink away.
2
Lo ! the angelic bands
In full assembly meet
To wait his high commands,
And worship at his feet :
Joyful they come,
And wing their way
From realms of day
To Jesus' tomb.
3
Then back to heaven they fly
The joyful news to bear :
Hark! as they soar on high,
What muiic fills the air!
Their anthems say,
1 Jesus, who bled,
4 Hath left the dead;
• He rose to-day.'
141, 142
RESURRECTION OF CHRIST.
143, 144
> <• mortals I rat. h the sound, —
I by him from beU,
•ad ilu't-i ha round
The globe on which you dwell !
parted cry—
.-, who bird,
' iiaih left the
note to die.'
All hail, triumphant Lord,
\\ ho sav'st Ul will) thy blood!
W i le be lh> name ad
. _t i » i ii ^ God :
\\ itti thee we rise,
With tl
And empirei gain
Hevoud the skies.
in. 7$.
I versham220.
The Resurrection, 1 Cor. xv. 56.
CHRIST, the Lord, is risen to-day !
I or men and angel! sa\ I
and triumphs high!
Mng, n' lieas ens, —and, earth, reply.
{deeming work is done, —
Fought the tight, the battle won •
lipK il o'er:
Lo1 he sets in blood no more.
3
Vain the stone, the watrh, the M tl,
ChriM hath burst the ^a.es of bell ;
Death in \am forbid! BM n>e,
ChriM luth opeu'd pji i
i
I ii our glorious kin.*'
. I ) death! is now thy sting?'
Ome he died our souls to save:
' VWiere's thy victory, boasting grave:'
5
Soar we now where Christ has led,
Following our exalted head :
Made iike him, like him we n>e,
Our'sthc cross, the grave, the skies.
6
What, tho' once we perish'd all,
Partner! ofoui parents" fall,
life let us re.
In our heavenly Adam h\e.
Hail the Lord of earth and heaven!
Praise to thee by both be given!
Thee we greet triumphant now,
Hail! the Redirection— thou.
1 ' \
Barfs 831, Easter Hymn
Tht Resurrection M
A NOD S! roll the risk W9
Death ! field up thy mighty prey;
See1 be rites from the tomb,
Glowing with immortal bloom. Hallelujah.
Tis the Saviour ' angel .
1 .inn \ eternal trump or prakel
Lei the earth*! remotest bound
loy-inspiring sound. Hal.
3
pe saints, lift up your eyes'.
rise,
iii long triumph, up the sky —
Up to waiting worlds on high. Hal.
\
\\i\iwn displays her portals wide!
Glorious hero, ihro' ihem ride!
Kiog of Glory mount ihe throne, —
i'hy great Father*! .m I th] own. Hal.
)
Praise him, all ye heavenly choirs!
P.aise, and sweep your golden lyres'
Shout, O earth, in rapt'nuis sottg,
Let the strain^ be sweet and siron-! Hal.
t>
Every note with wonder swell,
Sin o'ei thrown, and capuv'd hell!
Where is hell's once dreaded km,; >
Where, O death, thy mortal slang? Hal.
143. L M.
Bramcoate 8, New Sabbath 122.
CkfisPi Resurrection a Pledge of ours.
WHEN 1 the holy grave survey,
\S hen our deign'd to
lUui'd what prophet [liej
And all the power ot death ri
8
This empty tomb shall now proclaim
Hon » rah the bands of eonquer'd death]
sweet pledge, that all who trust his name
Shall n>e, and draw immortal breath'.
3
[Our Surety, freed, declares us free,
For whose offences he was sei/'d :
In kL release our o-rri we see,
And shout to view Jehovah pleas'd.]
4
Jesus, once number'd with the dead,
Unseat! nil eyes to sleep no more ;
And ever lr.es their eau-e to plead,
For whom the pains ot death he bore.
5
Thy risen Lord, my soul, behold!
See the rich dia lem he weirs'
Thou too shall bear an harp of gold
To crown thy joy when he appears.
G
Tho' in the dust I lay my head,
KIOUS God, thou wilt not leave
I tor ever with the d
Nor lose thy children in the grave.
CM. D>. Lhdiridge.
New York 33, Crowle .i.
Comfort to such who tttk .J risen '
Matt, \wiii
YE humble souls that seek the Lord,
CbnCC all your fears ..
And bow wuh pleasure dewn to see
The place where Je»uj U>
EXALTATION OF CHRIST.
Thus low the Lord of life was brought ;
ta do i
I in dcaih thai hoiom tar
tluobu'd and
nt five a loose to grief, —
w iti, lorreaa bm
v
Then dl r <ongs
Not all the b<> l loath
The conijucroi could detain.
High o'ei in' angelic bands he rears
>ir'd head;
Anl. tv.r.' unoomberM \car> l»e reigns
Who dwell amon.
i
i ending L°rd,
'Juli
M. Wttkj*t Collection.
Cheshunt v
Christ's Ascrnuon, P»a!m wis . 7.
I'R Lord h n-.cn from the dead ;
o
Our up on high
-
Dragg'd to the portals ot OK
There hts triumphal chariot ■
And angel: chant the soteoM Ij> s—
* I in i. . .e heavcnl) .
criiuting dooi-.
■J
Loose all your bars of massy light,
k unfold the radiani
! - hi> rifbi: —
Receive the King ot Gkm in.
4 who is ihc Km* ot Glory, who"
The Lord that ail hi> t<>c> oVn jiih ;
The world, sin, death, an 1 hell, oVidaew;
And Jesus !■> the coaqoerort name.
LoJ hi, tiiumphal chariot >•<•
And tnfeli I luiit the M>lcmn lay,
• Lift up >our heada, ye heaveory gates'
; Jailing dOOtt,
-
I
. : r c\cr blc>t!
148th. Dr. DodJriJgf.
Danrel
Jtsussttnof Ant H<.
OH \c immortal thr
the thr.me,
song
]u oj ^.r known:
i.ncw
His wondrous gra
In heaven ft
Ye saw the heaven-l>oni child
In human
earth,
Ye, in tl
Beheld
Well-kt;
I
4
iree
That w.
And, -ve$
Mad ere
In ju
5
Arou ' mb
•ep;
Till the
■
'I hen ne,
With joy unknown.
dl jrra>'d in light
|oerot nxle,
'-
Cod;
And m
wingv,
nnp
Of sweetest »ound.
The warbling notes pursue,
And lo .
1 »T. I M
Portugal y7, Re
•\\TOW let us rai»c our c1
i\ And join the N
e| uog hts wu..
I I LNESS OF CHRIST,
IP, i:.o
,i'is tunv tir mviiMit.il song,
•b, may we feel the sa< red B
■. m<i every tongue,
dore the Saviuui 's gloi ious name .'
once upon the tree
n agonizing jkuh^ expir'd ,
Vbo ii\ il foi rebels— yes, 1 1> he'
low iin-iit! bow lovely l how admiral
dy*d that we might live, —
)y'd in the wretched traitor, p
; returns cm mortals give
or nidi immeasurable
5
fere universal nature ours.
vnd an with all her boastea store;
! art, with all then p
Voul 1 still couicss the offerer poor!
6
: bounty so divine,
i ii honours raise;—
r heaits he thine,
Ind all our tongues proclaim tin praise!
IIS- LM. Dr. IWittfs Misctllamy.
.Virile street Ml, Langdon JIT.
/ ihimphi
o/Chr: J, '», Col ii. Ij.
TT'HK mighty frame of glorious ?,r
X I'liat brightest monum -m ot ,.
iChat e'er the God ot love design."*,
"jnploys and tills my labouring nu;i 1.
leg:H, my soul, the heavenly song, —
\ . :.-ii tor m\ angels tongue :
Vhen Gabriel sounds these aw;ul things,
le tunes and mmWilM all his strings.
J
Proclaim inimitable love' —
le Lurd ot worlds above,
the beams of bright array
\nd veils the God in moital clav.
^
• distributes crowns and thrones,
I a tree, d\\<\ bleeds, and -nuns:
■■ resigns his breath ;
The King .: v.i irj bowl !■> death.
But see the wonders of his power-
lie triumphs in his dying hour;
le by Mian s rage lie fell,
He dash'd the i I hell.
<j
vere the hosts of death suhdu'd,
"■ as drown'd in |e»u\ hl.>o<t :
arose, and ici<;ns above,
And conquers sinners l>\ his love
7
Who shall fulfil this boundless
The theme surmounts ngue:
• . h-nv vain are mortal airs,
Alien Gabriel's nobler harp despaiu:
11.". USth.
Greenwuh New 82, Port mouth New 1IL
The Kingdom of Chrit, I'iul. i\ . I.
Rl |OICi the I.oid is Kin.; I
i out God and King
Mortals, give thanks and sin.;,
And triumph esermore:
I. itt up the heart, htt up the voice,
Rejoice aloud, ft saints, iej<>i< e.
2
Rejoice I the Saviour reigns, —
■ l of iriuh ami lore ;
When he had purg'd 0U1 stains,
He took his seat above :
Lift up the heart, hit up the voice,
Rejoice aloud, ve saints, rejoice.
3
His kingdom cannot fail,
lie rules o'er earth and heaven ;
The ke\s of death and hell
. en .-
Lift up the heart, htt up the voice,
Rejoice aloud, ve saints, rejoice.
1
Me all his foes shall quell.
Shall all our sins destroy,
And every bosom swell
U un pure n* rapine joy :
Lift up the heart, htt up the voice,
Rejoice aloud, ye saints, rejoice.
'>
Rejoice in glorious hojx> \
Jesus the judge shall come,
And take his seivants up
To their eternal home :
i shall hear th' an ban gel's voice,—
The trump ot God shall sound rejoice.
150- 104th. F.iwatt.
Hanover 1 .<>, old Hundred and Fourth 146
Tne Fulness nfCh,>:f, |ohn i. 16. Col. i. 19.
APULN E9D I
In fesus our hea 1,
And ever abides
To answer our need :
The Father's good pleasure
Has l.ud up in store
A plentitul lieasiire
To give to the |>oor.
Whate'er be our wants,
We need not to fear ;
Our numerous complaints
His men y will hear:
His falne-s shall field us
His power sh ill shield us,
\\ hen dangers arise.
The fountain o'erflows
Our wo«s to red i
Still more he bestDWO,
An.i gra e upon grace:
Un gifts in abundance
\\ e 1 1 1 1 ; '■■■ ■
He has a redundance
For all Uut belie \o.
151
IN] OF CHI,
Whatever dittm
.tow
5
ubli-s attend,
lUuj,
151. *•
Nmt Jerusalem 230, U abridge 161.
Tktunitiirchablt Ricktsvf (
all 1 speak i
Or u
vrrrxprea.
tiM
No! this
ihrone,
j :i,-. -i r>
In him.
Eicrn
all the ru
. and hu power,
■n with each o:t i
rv, believe and adore.
The treasure* or g>»,
(
:
;n cjr Irt hta
I mar ;
I
. *ca,aad more,
: rtugalS?.
Tkt In: | ■••). vii. 25.
H.reat Redeemer lives:
C biest assurance gives
And now, before hu ft
: be full merit of In- blood.
Hfm, then, yr black despairing thought
■* '- r r u 1 intercessions rue;
And guilt recede*, and terror diet.
4
In every dark distressful hour,
v\ hen >in and Satan join their power,
i.< pe repel the dart,
1 hat Jesus bear* u* on hu he
Great Advocate, almighty Friend-
On him our hui: -end;
iesrr. neve:
For Je»us pleat! .
153- CM. Toplady.
Newbury 132, Charleston
■ ~.aU*t, ]o\".
A
* love,
Sing
ili> people's cause above.
2
With cries and tears, he offer 'd up
.mole suit bi
But with authority he a.ii,
Lnihrun'd in
For all that rome to God by htm,
ion he demands;
their namo u|* n hu breast,
And spreads hu wounded hands.
-t atoning sa ;
Gives •
'Father, I will that all my saints
1 Be with me where I am i
' By their salvation, recompense
' IFk
• ' s ■'..
' Ann :a:ihici
-it is request,
The plenitude ol br..
Ami now, thou in thy kingdom art,
Dear Lord, i
t 1IAHACTERS OF CHRIST.
150, 137
ct the much Incense of thy prayer
In my behall noend ,
n. I. as In virtue, kj mi praise
ihjii nevei never end. J
154. CM. Dr. D MrUgi.
Michael's 119, Dim 151.
hri.<t\ ln:n ctssion typified ' vAitron'iBreast-
fiatty Exodus vwiu '29.
vjou letaui cheerful eyes survey
Al our gic.it High-priest above,
mi celebrate Mi constant eve
An i sympathetic i>>\e.
hi>' rai>'d to a superior throne,
u here angels bum around,
.nd high o'er all the shining train,
w .iii matchless honours crowned ;
J
he names of all hit taints he bears
sven on Ins heart ;
or shall the meanest christian sty
I hath lost hh pait.
4
^iall fair abide
Our evei la I ing Must,
. lu-n ferns, an I monuments, and crowns,
Arc mouldered down to ilust.
iourl on my breast
| dear name be worn, —
: naiiient and guard,
To eadlei
1 ."). CM. Dr. Doddridge.
Bedford 91, Ann's 58.
krisf; .1 ■ ro.-.ch-
■ fur htm, Luke
T '• keen the tempter's malice is!
iZJL Huw artful, and how great!
ho' not o -troy'd,
;eat.
ut God can all his power control,
And gather in his chain ;
to triumph most,
nil.
J"
here i* a shepherd kind and strong,
StiK watchful for his >heep ;
V infernal lion rend
4
for us,
That we may fall no more;
> raise u* when we prostrate lie;
, And comfort lost restore.
5
hy secret enei .-; impart,
.
at. "ir.fiit whole showers of fiery daits,
That tcinperd shield prevail.
<;
ecur'd ourselves by grace divine,
our brethren I
nd, taught their fiailty by our own,
are of ikeru renew.
CHARACTERS AND RFPRESENTA-
[ST».
ij.;. l.m.
Mark's®, trtverston 179.
l John ii. 1.
WHERE is my God ' does he retire
Btyond the rca. h of humble sighs?
ire these weak breathings ol desire
Too languid to ascend the skies?
'2
No, Lord! the breathing* of desire,
The weak petition, it sin ere,
l> not forbidden to aspire.
But reaches thy all-gracious ear.
J
Look up, my soul, with cheerful eye,
See where the treat Redeemer stands, —
The glorious Advot ate OU 1
With precious incense in his hands!
I
He sweetens every humble groan.
He recommends each broken prayer;
Recline thy hope on him alone,
power and love forbid despair.
5
leach my weak heart, O gracious Lord!
With stronger tauh to i all thee mine;
Kid me pronounce ihe blissful word,
My Father, God, with joy divine,
157. L.M.
Lebanon 79, Lewton 30.
Pr.jTfi StrfMt, Numbers xxi. 8, 9.
WrHLN Israel's grieving tribes com
plamM,
With fiery serpents greatly pain'd,
A ser]»ent strait the prophets niMle
Ot molten Lrass, to view displav'd.
I
Around the fainting crowds attend,
iven their mournful sighs ascend;
rhey hope, they look, while ;rom the pole
Descends a power that makes them whole.
But, Oh, what healing to the heart
Doth our Redeemer's cross imparl !
What life, by tauh, cur souls n
What pleasures ao his sorrow-
4
still, may I view the Saviour's cross,
And other objects count bu
Here still be lix'd my feaste I ,
l.niaptur'd with his tact
.S
|esus ihe Saviour! balmy mme!
Thy worth my tongue would now proclaim ;
Rj ii y atonement set ■
Ms life, my hope, is all trom thee.
characters of Christ follow one an»-
. ilxtjcally. Others, wliicli it ua» ne •
> place under <li cent heads, uu> be
luuna in tiie Index.
138, 139
( IIA1 ( 11RIST.
160, 1(
at.
Idmgtun 40, New Sal:
D
i : > 1 > « I.
•f|>cni'. meat.
II i ihc llVinr. I '
In the-*
Bind.
. I .tarve and die;
But tlm will mil
Tii ihii
W
in-n,
As mj'i l - wj» giv'n.
5
Tim pro
:rcnglh what tiouruhmcni it given
i more be fed
Willi ihu dis inc celestial \>.
l.M. Fsuxttt.
Leeds 19, Madan"s 1(77.
Bridegroom ar : I \irriagt
bttu ./ the Somi.
J 5, the heavenly lover. Rave
.1 to save :
novo,
He km I
Rebel:
Till meli<
The lieavenh bnJe?room win» my heart.
he knows,
USC ;
M> dcl>:
And n me.
1
My filthy rag* are Ian'
H
wcddhifHln
.
I
me:
And l(
L.M. BedJomt,
Kimb.
f ) i.
near
nig bin
U wilt taki
I
■
lluw tu i in and (cm, cum par 'd with hist
We sing il. ng itar,
Jesiu, tl -
Point out the pu.
Still, as be com, road
ijiligru >u\.
1ho>, when He eastern magi brought
.. iU-ii feat
When sh.- "nil place
Where tl
of night,
1,^1. CM. Dr. i. S:<*Httt.
Baf iyo.
Chi/f,ir
1 ') — IS.
T,le< csery tongue
When he's the 'jng,
ing'
the l>eaunc» of hit face,
of his grace,
And all hu u.ump.
:oo'd
i lown'd,
Hi, lij» with grace o'crtiow.
m compare,
I
deep d itirest,
i i lie tlumcful cross,
sitcf.
hours,
. and breath,
CHARACTERS OF CHRIST. 164, 165, IGG
1 ;> abode,
II brings in
the glories t4 mj (•<->),
And makes m\ JOTS complete.
Since from hU boUQt] I receive
Suck ]' Ii* inc.
Had l a thousand beari
Lord, the] should all L>c thine I
1 - j V B, 7. '.'.:'.« »j Collect ion.
i
Consolation of Israel, Luke ii. 25.
/^ii)\U', thou long expected Jesus!
V :n to Ml tin people tree;
I - and -m> release us,
H find our rest in thee:
.liion,
Qd thou art;
Dear d • nation, —
eeesj longing heart.
'I
' Born, thy people to deliver ;
Born a child and yet a king;
i reign in u> t.
s gracious kingdom bring;
i By thine own eternal
, Rule in all our heart* alone ;
By thine all-sufficient merit,
Raise us to thy glorious throne.
. I.M. Dr. Doddridge.
im 117, Wei.
Corner-Sione, 1 Pet. ii. 6. Isa. wviii. 16, 17.
LORD, dost thou shew a corner-stone
l to build our hopes upon,
:atr edifice may ri^e
Sublime in light btvond the •
We own the work of sov "reign love ;
;h nor hell the hopes shad move,
..ion stand,
ihv own almightv hand.
3
Thv people long this stone have try"d,
And all the powers of hell defv'd;
eat in vain.
Well doth this rock the house sustain.
When storms of wrath around prevail,
Whirlwind and thunder, fire and hail,
re our trembling souls shall hide,
And here securel) they abide:
While tliey, that scorn this precious stone,
Fond of some quicksand of their own,
Borne down bj weighty vengeance die,
And buried deep in ruin lie.
154. CM.
New York 33, Stillman 66.
• ;// Satiom, Hag. ii. 7. Cant. i. J.
IN 1N1TE excellence is thine,
<>r (irace!
in) uncreated beaotiet dime
With never fading ia\>.
Sinners, from earths remotest end,
Come beading at thv feel ;
To thee their prayers and rows ascend,
In thee their wishes meet.
3
Thy name, a* pro ioUl ointment shed,
Delights the church around;
the sacred odours spread
Thro" all Immauuei's ground.
Millions oi happy spirits live
On thy exha .
From thee they all their bhs> receive,
And still thou givest more.
5
rt their triumph and their jo ;
I'hey rind their all in thee;
Thy glories will their tongues employ
all eternity.
In.V CM. Dr. Doddridge.
Stamford .>, Iluddersfiel:
The Door, John x. 9- Hosea ii. 15.
AWAKE, our souls, and ble>s his name,
I r fail;
.ns wide a door of hope
In Actor's gloomv i
Behold the portal wide display *ii.
The building'* strong and tair ;
Within are pastures fresh and green,
And hung streams are there.
3
Enter, my soul, with cheerful haste,
For Jesus is the door:
Nor tear the serpent * wily arts,
V r tear the lion's roar.
4
Oh, may thy grace the nations lead,
And Jews and Gentiles come,
AH tiavllmg thro' one beauteous gate,
To one eternal home!
I6t> I -M. Steele.
Portugal 97, New Sabbath 1?2.
Our Example, John I
A he gospel peace and love?
let our conversation be ;
The serpent blended with the
- piktty.
Whene'er the angry passions rise,
Ann tempt our thoughts or ungues to strife,
l"o Je*u> let us lift oui
Bright pattern of the christian hie I
< HAK u I ERS <>l ( HRIST.
rpve (
A wc lire.
4
inel» bright!
our guide.
But, ah how Mind how weak we arr'
»■ apt 10 turn j
lot (
I
:
I M ;•• D U -.igt.
Bramr-wjic S, ABtfgll
Forrmnn/r an J F< und.it ion of out Hope,
Jrd, our jou!» adore'
e he reiern
O'er earih anu
. '-re;
And »i
:im rlj
Tn.iM tt>e honoun <>t hii throat,
J alone*
;>tur'd ught,
thee.
5
I
[WCflj
r
Fountain opmjjor Six I
■I.—
■
Aapu
i rural 'd,
Mandi
..
I the unall
II
I
iklf
Thu four
e clear;
The
.
Jain in vain
Ha* never L<een tn*d ;
Whenever .
• nta.i
I
i »weeiljr
:n|>.ctt!.»,
!'. CM. Crufrr.
Tunbodge 10 i. i
Fraiufur ike Fmmtain ofemtd.
TH1K! i thhlood,
plunrM beneadi Uut flood,
And u
Luk
'i to tee
Wash all rr;
.tre«n
170, 171
( 11 UtACTERS OF CHRIST.
172, 173
But when this lispin ; stammering tongue
Then, in ■ noblei n t tei song,
I'll suit; ill) )'
170 I M- \.c!on.
Ktngsbridgc Bt, Magdalene lit
POOK, weak, md worthier, mo' I am,
I have a ri( ii almightj friend ,
Jesus, the Saviour, i* his name,
lie (reel] loves, an. I without end.
me from bell with blood ;
And. by nil power, m\ foei controlled ;
He found me wan lenng fai from God,
And brought me to his chosen told.
3
He i been mj heart, im want supplies,
s that 1 shall shortij be
F.nthron'd with him above the
Oh' what a mend is Christ to me!
PAUSE.
Isthii : > thy Friend?
.ni. ivL IT.
But, ah' my inmost spirit mourns;
■ may swim,
i ..inn perverse returns: —
tend to him.
5
Often my gracious friend I grieve,
Neglect, distrust, and dis
<
Sooner than all my fnend can say.
6
. ecly come,
And promise] wiute'er 1 a>k :
■ill 1 am straiten'd, cold, and dumb,
Ami count my privilege a task.
id, that hatc> his cause,
tcb'roui heart has throbb'd with
,oth to forego tJie worlds applause, [shame ;
hardly dare avow his
ure, were not 1 most vile and base,
could not thus my friend requite:
not he the God ot |
led frown and spuru me from his sight.
171- L.M. BiJJomt.
Portugal y7, Bramcoatc 8.
Gift of God, John in. 16. 9 Cor. ix. 15.
ftny love, my chief delight,
1 or thee I long, for ihec l pray,
.mid the shadowj of the night,
>roid the business ot t! <
|
■ hen shall I see thy smiling face,—
hat face which I have often seen!
rue, thou sun of righteousm
matter the clouds that inteivene.
Thou art the glorious gift of God
i o tinners wearj and >
: '.:> g.ti, best m
\.\ i . ci tain pledge of all the re»t.
4
I but say thh -it't is mine,
I'd tread the world beneath my feet,
ai poveit] ic])ine,
Nor envy the rich smiici's state.
The precious jewel l would keep,
And lodge it deep within my heart;
At hom ake, asleep,
It never should tiotn ilieiue depart)
172. CM. Dr. Doddridge.
Oxford 177. Newbu:
Head of the Church, Eph. iv. 15, 16.
JESUS, 1 smg thy mati bless grace
l hai calls a worm thy own ;
: among thy saints a place
To make thy glories known.
8
Allied to thee, our vital head,
We act, and grow, and thrive:
Prom thee divided, each is dead
\v hen most he seems alive.
I
Thy saints on earth, and those above.
Here join in sweet accord:
One body all in mutual love,
And thou our common Lord.
4
Oh. may my faith each hour derive
Thy Spirit with delight ;
While death and hell in vain shall since
This bond to disunite.
5
Thou the whole body wilt present
Before thy Father's i^<; ;
Nor shall a wrinkle or a spot
lis beauteous form disgiace.
173- CM. Dr. Doddridge.
Liverpool 83, Irish 171.
Jesus — precious to them that bilieve.
1 Pet. u. 7.
JESUS, I love thy charming name,
'1 is music to my ear,
1 ain would 1 sound it out so loud
That eanh and heaven mighu hear.
2
Yea, thou art precious to m\
My transport and my trust:
|eweb to thee are gaudy toys,
And gold issotdid dust.
J
All my capacious powers can wish,
In thee doth ruhly meet ,
Nor to mj e\
Nor friendship
4
I by grace shall dwell upon a •
And shed its fragrance thi
The noblest balm ot all its wouads,
The cordial of its care.
U
174, 1
( II \K\( I BBS 01 ( HRIS1 . 177
111 »praV Ok- honour* of thjr name
Wltl
.nn» —
..ili.
171
Turin :♦♦, I eventual 220.
Immanu/l, U . 16.
/
1 ' imr:
<>li, in *ht '
i tmaxing love
brought him from hi* coarw above;
uiniv, hil k
Swell ilic »«>ni{ u
•<
I
\Sith the firit mMfrt
^ ct iiid he "ur nn> m
biar the guilt, the curve, tl»e pain.
4
.Cl lli me ,
God-uuth u • o . ^tarc:
I.et u* vee him
nu) Immanui
17". I M
I 183,
"f Saint,.
C0M1 ■> name,
ii hurt proclaim,
And bow before hu throne.
i ur, uown'd
\\ ith gloria all iliviiu- .
|| the wondering nai
How briftll I :unc.
Infinite power, ,in<l bowdlCw. ; ;:..
In him unite their I
\Nhcn in hueulhl) murliwc view
loloveaianft
And with like iiem to unf
|-, i M W •
Milei'i I
I him.
B
Though rnrnvon kin men
Take with >ou
He un<!<
4
•nbt ;
wo him Lotd of all.
177. CM.
I j ne 3?, Foster 96.
• :ual Coronation, Ca
\ I I :• uSoajDe
ff.wn him, jc nurtyn of our Cod,
\\ ho no.n I
tatol tl.'
wn him I .<>: :
And ahall wr long and wiJi in vain (
rfael
un,
And L
. rai<r,
in
. w.th j
Babe*.
ITS, 17#
( 11 \K \( 1 ERS OF CHRIST. 180, lsi, is;
ITS- 112th. C.Wtdty.
Uffculm 03, Hoxton 181.
Kimm.in, Ruth in. 'J—').
Th bus, we ii.iim thee for mir own,
Oui kintman neat allied In blood,
•io-.li of our flesh, bone ol oiu bone,
The Son of Man, the Son ol Oodj
and, lo ' wc lay u at thy feet
Jur tentence from thy mouth 10 meet.
Partaker o( mv flesh below,
I'o thee, o Jew , I apply;
fhou wiii thy poot relations know;
Thou never canst thyself deny,
laclude me from th) guardian cue,
)r slight a siniul beggart prayer.
J
[tee, Saviour, at mj neatest need,
l tniNt my faithful friend to prove ;
torn ova thj meanest servant spread
rhe skin ot thy redeeming love :
Indei ihj wings of mercy take,
Ami sa\e me tor thv merit's sake.
4
last thou not undertook my cause,
Lurd over ail, to worms ailied :
answer ine trom thai bleeding cross,
Demand thy dcail.-ran om'd bride,
■md lei my soul, lietroth'd to thee,
hine, wholly thine, tor e\er Le !
179. I..M. Fawctit.
Babylon Streams 'L'», Kingsbndge 88,
Gould'
Lamb of God, Gc. John i. 29.
OF.IIOLD the sin-atoning Lamb,
. t \\ uh wonder, gratitude, and love ;
j take away our guilt and shame,
e bim descending from above.
ur sins and griefs on him were laid ;
e meekly boa* the mighty load ;
IU ransom-price he tully paid
i groans and tears, in sweat and blood.
5
i save a -u.lty world, he dies*
nneis, behold the bleeding Lamb!
> him lift up your longing eyes,
nd hope for mercy in his name.
4
rdon, and peace, thro' him abound;
e can the richest blessings give ;
Ivation in his name is found,
.' bids the dying sinner live.
5
>u>, my Lord, I look to thee —
here eise can helple>* sinners go?
iy boundless love shall set me free
Mia all my wretchedness ami woe.
180. S. M.J. ft IV.
New Eagle Sticet j"., l.i. I Jil
Um .
TPHOU very paschal Lamb,
1 w hose mood tor ih wj, -led,
I hro' wl om wc out ol EgJ |
Thy ransoin'd people lead.
2
Angel ol Gospel-grai e I
Fulfil thj character ;
1 o guard and feed the i bosea ia<e,
In Israel's camp appear.
3
Throughout ihc desert-way
Condw i ui by th) light-
Be thou .i cooling clou 1 bj <\±\,
A cheering tire by
4
Our fainting soul, sustain
w uh b essings from above,
And ever on thy people rain
The manna ol i!.\ love.
181- LM. ftnMftV.
Virginia 834, Rjppon's 188.
J.if,- of the Soul, John xiv. IP.
/UFA' sins and fears prevailing rise,
\\
And tainting ho| e almost expire
Jesus, to th.ee I lift mine eyes—
To thee I breathe my soul'.-, desire--.
Art thou not mine, my living Lord?
And can my hope — mj comfort die,
Fix'd on thy everlasting word ;
That wold which built ihe earth and sky •
If my immortal Saviour lues
Then my immortal lite i
His word a firm foundation gives ;
Here let me build, and rt>t secure.
4
Here let my faith unshaken dwell ;
Immovable the promise stand-.
Not all the powers of earth, or Ircli.
Can e'er dissolve the sacred bands.
Here, O my soul, thy trust repose I
If lesiis is lor ever mine,
Nor death itself, that last of toes,
Shall break a union so divine.
182- 8,7.
Carlisle 95, Welsh 2 10.
Light, La i
LIGHT of those whose dreary dwelling
Borders on die shade- <>t :
Cornel a:ul. thy dear -'"It revealing,
.'.ue the clouds beneath :
The new heaven's and earth's Creator,
In our deepest darkiu
Scattering all the night of nature,
Touring dav upon our eyes!
d a
"raring,
bull wr ■
<
I
I
Save in in ihi .
C
I
w
KIN" •
i oic
l-et not ihy v\ri-i ;
9
Half ot wIik h cannot I
( n\i; m j ers oi en
185, 18(
J Ac 1
r fall,—
them all.
1- i
•llete 10.
f of tke Covaunt, Mai. m. I
1 1 "l >. ■ ibove.
In
the iprin?
He, whom the boundle* »»eaven adores,
• an<eUlunr
Quitted with joy th.»e bluUul shores,
To me, a worm, a »int
A for, a I God,
And ut a traitor t«
:rate,
i hi. wUlabhorrM:
redeeming angel
a wi^m to
with gladnew all mr I .lame,
.'hteou»ne».
Kuid heart muMi
know,
G'u
<» . ■ j: i jn mi'rl < \ \r
name i
rnd,
<-<>me— with joy behold
;<hetj long for
And time »b spoke.
Thy famous temple, <"**«■»»■.
We we the prophecies fulfUIYJ
andi ;
• x-n from the dead.
CUrk\ I Jl, Tottenham Court 1 1 1.
r^iiRi-,
: an chain,
-
ir srrre our pmlontr
' b».u»e ind I
une atooing blood.
I lit .i» fill charge fulfil :
The first boi
187, 188
CHARACTERS OF CHRIST.
189
Safe in tntrei and deaths we dwell,
• -I, by that i rim on Mgn,
From • th and hell,
And from the wrath divine.
9
\\ lit thou not a different e make
Betwixt thy friend and foe,
\n<i gra< e i" Israel
«. \t thou not, iih>n[ righteous God,
We "ii the past hal L imb reli —
See us i .iver'd with the blood,
And pass th> people by.
1ST- CM. Steele.
stillm.in 66, Condescension 116.
Pe.irl nf great Price, Matt, mil W>.
YF. {littering toys of earth, adieu !
mine;
A rs.it prize attracts mj view,
ire all divine.
Begone, unworthy of my cares,
1 rpei . .. . .i a • ■' tease;—
I he pearl of price immense !
Jesus, to multitudes unknown, —
0 nam • dn inert sw eel •
Jesus, in thee, m thee alone,
Wealth, honour, pleasure, meet.
I
Sin ul I both the Indies, it my call,
Their boasted stores
With ioj 1 would renounce them all,
For leave to call thee mine.
3
Should earth\ vain treasures all depart, —
Ofthh
I'd Clasp it to mj .i! yiul heart,
And be for ever bit
<;
• uPs desires,
Thy love is bUsS divine ;
Accept the wish that love inspires,
And bid me call thee mine.
188- L.M Steele.
1 lverston 179, Portugal 97, Gould's 272.
Phy.-ici.inrf Souls, Jer. viii. 22.
Dl 1 I'm- the wounds which sin has made,
U here shall the sinner rind a cure >.
In vain, alas I is nature's aid ;
The work e\ceed> all natures power.
2
Sin, like a raging fever, reigns
With fatal strength in every part;
I he dire contagion rills the veins,
And spreads its poison to the heart.
9
in no sovereign balm be found?
And is no kind physician nigh
I'o ease the pain, and heal the wound,
" he
ure life and hope tor ever fly ;
There i- a greal physician near:
Look up, '.1. and i. vet
see, m hh heaven!) smiles appear
. e as nature i an not jive !
S
sec, in the SaviourS dying tri< od,
Life, health, and bliss, abundant ttowj
M'in onlj this dear sai red flood
Can ease thy pain and heal thy woe.
6
sin throws in van it- pointed dait ;
lor hen- a sovereign < lire is found,
\ cordial for the fainting heart,
A balm for every painful wound.
189. cm.
Greal Milton ttQ, Lttdlov,
Phv, ieiam ; or, the Miracles of Chi it
}l SUS, since thou art still to-day
Aj vesterda] the tame ,
Present to heal— in me display
The virtue oi thy name.
Since still thou go\t about to do
["hj ne< dj i reatures -
*mi me. thai I t!n praise may shew,
Be all thy wonders shew'd.
Leper.
d, to whom for help I call,
I ny miracles repeat ;
e behold me fall,
a leper at thy feet.
I
Loathsome, and vile, and self abliotr'd,
ith my sin ;
But, it thou wilt, a gracious word
Of thine can make me clean.
Deaf and Dumb.
Thou seest me deaf to thy commands,
Open, () Lord ! mine ear;
Bid me stretch out my wither'd hands,
And lift them up in prayer.
fi
a ' thou know'st how long)
My voice 1 cannot rai-c ;
But Oh ' when thou shall loose my tongue,
'I he dumb shall sing thy praise. '
Lame, at the pool 1 still am seen,
U Biting to find relief;
While many others venture in,
And wan awa\ their grief.
8
Now speak my mind, my conscience, sound,
(rive, and im Strength employ ;
Light as an hart, my soul shall bound,
The lame shall leap for joy.
Blind.
If thou, my God. art passing by,
Ob! let me find thee near;
JesUS, in mercy hear my i ry.
Thou Son of David, bear!
10
sec, I am waiting, in the way,
For thee the hea.enh h<;hi ;
Command me to be brought, and say,
' Sinner, receive th\ i
D 3
< IIA1 ( MUST.
CMtout oikt.ll
•wrr, il
I < i . ■ X
BeUirvJj i If, \jLg\e Mr<rt 16.
Migk
-i cjmr,
but gu- 1
lied t
An* |
riKWi Ik
I
> inc caute
li.» law k.
' ng Lamb
!. ...
)i>] ' :r:t.
M
II
I
itttkmd^fChria.
round*.
xcaM
So he meatftfc ■ f d r _
IC I IK",
mile
Aadliatlr to brar il* tiding*
The wrlrr.mr nn»i the
■
New Haven 2«g, Petxee 2®.
Profhft, Ptiitf, and Aimg, I Pc I
I HMI
I
In the* I trurt, thee 1 ■
ihee I bow,
\ v» ret ;
L.M.
Redemption H3, WellN Row 96.
T* K.immm, Iwt W
1
■
: proclaim.
194, 195
CHARACTERS OF CHRIST.
196, 197
ttapendoos favour I matchie^gr
lesas has iivM, ttui we might livei
rorldi below, nor world* above,
i to divine a raiMom give.
»
To Imn, wholovM our ruin'd race,
A ad t> r our lives laid down nil own,
joyful praises riae
Sublime, eternal as iu> throne.
194. t.M. Dr. D idridgi.
Oxft rd 177, Spraftie 166.
Our Kgittmtmu, Jet. xxiii. '>.
SAVIOUR divine! we know thy nunc,
And in thai name we trust ;
i art the Lord oar righteousness
Thou an thine la iel*i boast
Guilty we plead before thy throne,
low in dust we lie,
Till Jesus stretch his gran ious arm
To bring the guilty nigh.
3
U of one mo.t righteous day
lunge u> in despair;
Yet .ill the i rimes of numerous years
blull our great Surety dear.
4
Thai spotless robe, which he hath wrought,
shall (I • k OS all around ;
God
One blemish shall be found.
5
Pardon, and peace, and lively hope,
I o doners now are given ;
Israel and |u b hange
Their wildern— lot heaven.
6
WC taste that manna now,
i sen down ;
our humble vows to thee,
. van tin- promised crown.
. liiv.
DepU'ord l.'K 1 irtli's 1 16.
iges, ha. \\vi. \.
ROCI of ages, shelter me!
Let me hide myself in thee !
Let the water and the blood,
From thy Wounded side which flowd,
Be or sm the doable
Cleanse me from its guilt and power.
Not the labour of my hands
( i •' de. n tnds:
I d no respite know,
i J 1 my tears tor ever Bow,
All for sm could not atone t
Thou must save, and thou alone.
3
N thing in my hand 1 hi
Simply to thy cross I
Naked, come to thee tor i
Helpless, look to thee for grace ;
Black, I to the fountain M> ,
W ash me, Saviour, or 1 die '.
While 1 draw this fleeting breath,
When my eye-strings break in death,
\N hen 1 soar to worlds unknown,
See the paent throne,—
Rock oi a-v->, shelter me '
Lei me hide myself m thee |
I9f> L.M. SlieU.
Lebanon. 78, Manning 245.
Siiviour — the only Out, Acts iv. 12.
JESUS, the spring of joys divine,
Whence all our hopes and comfi .r ts flow,
Jesus, no oilier name but thine
us from eternal woe.
J
in vain would boasting reason find
The way to happiness and God ;
Her weak directions leave the mind
BewilderM in a dubious road.
3
No other name will heaven approve:
ri the i rue, the living way,
Ordain'd by evei'.a-r.n
To the bright realms oi endless day.
4
Here let our constant feel abide,
Nor from the heavenly path depart:
0 lc-t thj spirit, gracious guide '
Direct our steps, and cheer our heart.
Safe lead us thro' this woild of night,
And bring us to the blissful plains, —
• unclouded light,
where perfect joy for ever reigns,
197- S.M. Stetlt.
Finsbury 15.">, Man-held 134.
SWphent, Ps. xxiii. 1—3.
Willi K my Redeemer*! near,
M . shepherd and my guide,
1 bid farewell to anxious fear,
M) wants are all supply '.J.
To ever fragrant me
Where rich ab indance grows,
His gracious hand in lusgent
And guards m\ sweet repose.
3
I die l"v.-l\ s.ene
waters gently roll,
rranspai I all n-rcne,
To cheer my fainting soul
4
let my spirit re>t ;
meet S lot is mine !
With pleasure, food, and safety, blest;
livine i
">
Dear Shepherd, if 1 stray,
Mi wandering feet t
To thy tair pastures guide my way,
And let me rove no more.
D *
(,: OF CHRIS ooo,
V
1
A trv
TVnd:
I
Mr i
i
-ntu.
NewSabL. i Line 57.
Sum, Pulm hTDr*. If.
Gl amid the da/kvome oif ht,
dari upon m>
KboJd
cr roooo and »un of joid.
*>>eo I iee the Min ar
rm> I \icw
lily |TC
3
1
In jll ;
ml »hj d«»w .
t;* Mia.
In my incaxn.
H* bah:
J mctujth and heal,
nj kjaicommui.
H nh the uoc rigour at the mo1
M. r*fe«V.
. Coodoceaitoe 116.
• / /nr Bramtktt, John it. I—;,
f Tier
My feeble arm* 1 1 1
I ran do nothing without thw,
ihtue:
*rtcn fhottki I br,
lf»e%cru from the .
r *'.« -hand hath »ct,
•■■II occr be rootr '
Each moment, water d 07 thy care,
Fruit toctcrnaJ lilc J..,.
The fecblert branch of dime.
Leech 19, Lewton JO.
• d
J > tome;
He »t...m l bxm, 1
llu track lice, and 111
- I the .au*c of
The nax:
The way the holy prophets »
-
fhaiam—
ru ro ; for ail ha path* are peace.
An<i mourn 'd brtauir | found 1 1
Mi cnef, my burden, long t 1
202, 203
CHARACTERS OF CHRIST.
•ne an 1 thou, blest Lamb,
.iWe me i" thee u I am •
M> Mnlul sell to thee 1 give:
Nothing bat 1 ive.
i>
Then will I tell to sinners round
Wlut a dear Sa "und :
I'll point to thy redeeming I
And say—' Bmtld the awaj n OoJ/'
909- 8,8,6.
Broadmead 130, Chatham 59.
1 ruth, and Life, John \i\ . 6.
THERE is no path to heav'nly bli>s,
ilid J"), "i lasting pi
But Christ, ih' appointed road:
i\ we tread me acred way • —
B> ta:th rejoice, and praise, and pray,
1 ill we sit down wad God •
1 he types and ihadowi of the word
Unite in Clirist, the man, the Lord,
Oh, may we nil his word believe!
his promises receive,
And all bu precepts do.
3
A* he above for ever lives,
Inner* gives
:,une ;
Spirit m me dwell!
i. and death, and hell-
Ltcrnal lite is mine.
203- L. M. Dr. Doddridge.
Bramcoatc 8, Langdon 217.
Wisdom, Righteousness, Sanctijic.it ion, and
. >r.pticn, 1 Cor. i. 30,31.
M\ God I a>si-t me while I r.iM-
An anthem of harmonious praise :
My heart thy wooden shall proclaim,
And spread its banners in thy name.
I
In Chi re divine:
•r, all that store is thine !
I ;rrpar'd, by thee best
■ :our and the God !
3
il o'ersprcad,
'iere be light,' th' almighty said'
Ami Christ, mv tun, hu beams displays,
:ters, round celestial ra\>.
4
Condemn'd. thy criminal I stood.
And awtul iu-: b ood:
ir, from thy throne,
Brought righteou-ne>.s and pardon down.
Mf soul was all o'er>prcad with sin ;
And lo! his grace bath made me clean'
aes trom th' infernal foe,
And tull redemption will bestow.
i teful tongue;
\
o: heavenly harpi d-.ui endka da\>.
Bedford 91, Brighthelm>tone 208.
All in, ill.
COUP AR'D with Clirist, in all beside
No comeliness lac
The one thing needful, deare»t Lord,
Is to be one with ihee.
The sense of thy expiring love
Into my soul convey:
bestow ' ior thee alone,
My all in a. I, I pray.
Less than thyself will not suffice
M> comfort to restore:
More than thyself I cannot (
And thou canst give no more.
4
Lov'd of my God, for him again
With love interne I'd burn:
Chosen of thee, e'er time began,
I'd choo>e thee in return.
5
Whate'er consists not with thy love,
() ;ea. n me t>> u-.dgn;
I'm ru h to all th' intents ofbhatj
If thou, O God, art mine.
Ss. K
New Jerusalem 230, Lock 49.
All in all ; or, the Testimony concerning Je-
sus, the Soul of Prophecy, Rev. ail ..
THE Bible is justly esteem'd
The glory supreme of the land,
Which shows how a sinnei's redeem' 1.
And brought to Jehovah's n<;ht-hand:
With pleasure we freely cot
The Bible all books doth outshine ;
us. his persca and grace,
Is it that lustre divine.
'J
In every prophetical too*,
un;eal'd,
.
nderrul Savtoaf reveal'd:
His glories pvoje
And prove it was. n
Those glories concealed shoi..
But there in full majestv »hme.
J
The/frst gracious promise to man
A blessed predicti
His work is the soul of the .
And gives it the glory it a .
■enng the truth mu>t have b
1 hat k'sUi. the promised seed,
Should triumph oYi Mtan and >,in,
And hell in captivitv lead I
D 5'
THE INFLUI
90
Hi kind :
I
- :rung
tiignt,
• ui he »ung : —
I
■
h ihmei in pri train.
The »wcv Hong,
i rcnn:
II.. n.lhen »r w.H Kj/.
••» n«1eri ol giaie,
irriully »mg.
THE INFLl ENCES WD GR \( ES 01
j in. SPIR1 r.
:. (Ill Part.) I
191,
The from ,ll(nn,f„r:
ItSUfl •»
I'icif lirirlv.
iron thee
And won .* trur.
.t, ' I will ll •
• \n I *
. tul home.'
J
tbea. deai I ord ihyaeM r
An 1 In the prtimiK* do« lake
erace!
:\ itfi the troubled I
.
I
BUI I :i'lt, —
Kc|»cjI lliC u •
' our j< |<mei'
llj.lcn heart,
• e and prayer,
retgn b>r e\er there*
Hi.
Lunei
Ta> Ltn* *f ! I
rTNil ■■ nit I -.mc
1 II II IC«tClTt|l
• ilw blind.
The be j i
mind,
I he glory <•! God !«• jmr*ue.
The ttubbnrnett w.il be cjn bo
The fun that d»
But he • in again.
5
-non begun.
Uf« rHrine,
Wl June,
When j;
mt
hch a fncad.
: M. B .
Aihe
7W Li.uBnf *ftkt S^rU, Rom. via. 1^
;rp |>reude.
c
O er even
\.ul leu. I.
rhe light of truth m u. dnptit .
• th» way
. on God mi< ne'er depart.
* 207, 'JOS, 209
THE HOLY SPIRIT.
210, J 11
m to holiness,— the i
Tlut wo miiNi take t<> dwcU with God ;
lo Christ,— the bring sraj ,
u> tu.iii hi-, pasturei siiay.
>
is tn Qod, diii final rest.
In In- enjoyment to Ik- bled ;
u iuMM-u. the -< U ol blurt,
v, inn- pleasure in perfecuoa is.
!'.irt.)C.M.
lollett 181, Hrainu.
Then .he Wind;
, |ohn in. s.
Tviuu, like the wind,
re be please;
■ fed
The >oui-eiiii.
if rah,
ue to tlesh,
.int.
i.l the Father*! love,
Applies redrrsning blood,
■ tli oin guilt ami grief remove,
Ami brings us neat to (Jod.
4
Lord, till each dea i benighted mil
va ah light, ani lite, and joj I
in* thy mighty power ( ontrol, —
& I. \i />,.
ne ','1 KRuu
i red to living
BJS'O Jcsoal source of grace divine,
: efreatiing streams are thine !
these healing waters nigh,
Or we must dioop, and lad, and die.
. eller thro' desert lands,
■Midst scxnxtnskg *un>, an I burning sands,
More necils the current to obtain,
Or to enjoy refreshing rain.
Our longing souls aloud would sin?,
. i elestial fountain, spring I
To a redundant river Mow,
And cheer this thirsty land below.
4
'lest torrent near my side,
. tiir desert, gently glide;
Then, in Immanuel's land above,
Spread to a sea of joj
L M.
Kimbolton 251, Martin's Lane 67.
Dtvitu li:' ■ J to K.j i fiy
Psalm Ixzit. &
AS showers on meadows newly mown,
leMis shall shed his blessings down ;
Crown d witli whose life-intusing drops,
Kartli shall renew her Wilful crops.
H,M
I and*, that beneath a burning ikj
ElaVC long been desolate arul dry,
I h' effusions ot his love si. all ihaie,
And luxkJen green anil herhage wear.
3
I he dews and ram-, in ill tJ eit store,
ret and o'er,
\te n.ii > i copKltll H tii il |
Which sanctities and >a\c-> OUI late.
4
\s. in Mifi silence, vernal ihowen
Descend, and cheer the fainting flowers;
so, in the sc< recp ot love
rails the sweet iiitUience from above.
F>
That heavenly influence let me find
In holy silence of the mind,
■A lule everv grace maintains its bloom,
Diffusing wide its rich perfume.
6
Not let these blessings be conlin'd
in me, but ponr*d on all mankind ;
Till earth's wild wastes in verdure rise,
And a yoiiny Kden bless out eyes.
' I (). L.1I. JJr. D>.!.i,idge.
Wareham 117, Fawcett Is J, (iould's 272.
Seeking to God for the Communication of his
Spirit.
R, gracious Sovereign ! from thy
throne,
\n I send thy various blessings down i
While by thine Israel thou art sought,
Attend the prayer tin word hath taught.
8
Come, sacred Spirit! from al
And nil the coldest hearts with lovej
Soften to tlesh the ttiniy stone,
And let thy god-like power be known.
3
lOU, and from the haughtiest eyes
shall hoods of ptous sorrows rise ;
While ail their glowing SOUls aie boine
lo seek that grace winch now they scorn.
4
Oh, let a holy flock await
Numerous around thy temple-gate!
la h pressing mi with zeal to be
a living sacrifice to thee.
5
In .nbwcr to our fervent cries,
Give '.is to) see t .iy church arise ;
Or, if thai ulcs.ii>..: seem too great,
Give us to mouiu its low estate.
211. (1st Part.) I Uth. Pres. I
Boston 181, Francis 200.
The Influences of the Spirit dt sired.
ETLRN AL Spirit' source <f light!
Enlivening, consecrating
Descend, and with celestial heat
Our dull, our trozen hearts inspire :
Our souls refine, our dross consume!
Come, comdt oetvtinf Spirit! come.
U o
.
I
And
, O ttiikr a t| Mi
• >mun( hone.
■r tu.lt and mj'l >cv» darr,
nlyfire;
*>m:
:nc'
mk> ■
■rlow •
*»ul» IBJ lon.tant home.
Nt« »J!;lc-St:«-
Tkt h
COM!
Anrt on thtt poor lx ni<tirr '
V\ith i
art;
I
L»ch e\i
And form me all anew.
I !v,
But ihine ^: ic;
to thee 1 will ,:
I.M.
MarV'i 0, Chard :
■
tk< Horki/tJUi;
Earn would be
tnfe,
ue,—
there.
3
sjhL
' ■ own
l>ei Uu
remaining i
"Ml *»wiu oni) near u»jr voice,
M Part.) L.M.
Denbigh 5*, Ro*
A profit icui Gait long (J for.
lad speed my way
A
■
' Fain would I mount, fain would I glow,
as* my cable from I
■ill
1 /JMi./Umiui breathe th' auspicious gale
; M
Portur
Tkt lm/liuneti of th
John in. ; .
Dl Lord ! and shall th
In »uth a wi!
| dwelling I fio-iou. .
Faveea Mtoati
2
When tin prevail*, and rloomy fear,
And Jv :cn ,n night,
Spinl t»»en he I
. ami light'
Sure the blest Cornh t
lean ;
■aid my bopes for ever die,
V* hen mine kind proaatse glads my km
And bid my drooping powen rejoice f
»il the saviour mine,
rot whh, my heart a
c lew than power dh
V» liH.li animates theve urvog desires'
What less than thy almighty word
Can rauc my be
And bid a
'■
tad, whrn mv cheerful hope can vay
and taste his
bnagstaadawa d
paaay
114, : i :>
THE HOLY SPIRIT.
215
spirit in my heart
: dwelt 0 God of i
t ami heavem\ peace impart, —
nve.
:n. si.
New Jerusalem 230.
The Hnlv Sfii '.irkness.
ESCEND. Hot] Spirit—the dove,
1)
And vi>u a sorrowful breast;
ten of guilt to rem
And brin; me assurance and rc>t:
,u hast pow*i t>< relieve
A sinner o'eiwhelm'd with his load, —
The sense of redemption to give,
priokk hi» cooaticucc »uh blood.
With me, if of old thou hast strove.
And kindly withheld me from sin ;
. :>y the strength of thy love,
- Dtthlen attentions to win ;
» Offc ot thy mercy revive,
Invincible mercj exert.
And keep my weak grates alive.
And set up thy rest in mv heart.
3
If, when I have put thee to grief
And madly to tolly return'd.
Thy goodness hath l>een m\ relief,
And lined me up a-. 1 mourn'd ;
Oh, spirit of pity and grace!
Relieve DM again, and restore,
i in holmes^ raise.
To fall and to grieve thee no more.
If now I lament after God,
And pant for a drop of hi- love, —
. who pour'd out his
Obtain'd me I namion ..
Come, heavenly Comforter, come!
witness of mercy divine I
And make me thy permanent home, —
And seal me eternally thine.
215- (1st Part.) I. M.
Bredby 163, Horsley 205, Gould's 272.
The grieved Spirit imirtttttd not to depart,
Ps. h. 11.
ST \Y. thou insulted Spirit, stay!
1 hough 1 have done thee such despite,
Cast not a sinner quite away.
Nor take thine everlasting flight.
Though I have most unfaithful been
Of ail whoe'er thy grace received;
•u»and tunev thy g,.o lncss seen.
Ten thousand times thy goodness gnev'd: —
3
But Oh! the chief of sinners spare,
In honour of my great High-Priest;
Nor, in thy righteous anger, swear
1 shall not see thy people's rest.
4
If yet thou canst my Mns forgive,—
E'en now, o Lord : relieve my woes;
Into thy rest of love receive,
And bless me with a calm repose.
I 'en now my wary m>u] release,
And minc me bj thy gf* i<>us hand ;
Guide me into tin i>er!rct p
And bring me to the promit'd land.
215. (2nd Part.) C, Iff.
WorfcaopSI, Wain]
The grieved Spirit desired to return.
MM weak, my sin so strong,
t b greatly pain*d :
I spirit, art thou griev'd —and is
Thine influence reslrain'd
8
Tell me— Oh. tell me what will please
And cause thee to return ;
As doves the absence of their mates,
I thy withdrawsnents mourn.
3
Come, then. Celestial Helper' come
With energy divine;
Ease, ot iti heavy load of guilt,
This troubled heart of mine.
4
Vouchsafe, in answer to my prayer,
Thy visits to renew;
Increase my faith, dispel my fears ;
Oh, guard and save me too.
215- (3d Part.) L. M.
Paul's 246, Portugal 97.
Prayer for idl the saving Influences of Grace.
I'M in a world of hopes and fears, —
V wilderness of toils, and tears,
Where foes alarm, and dangers threat,
And pleasures kill and glories cheat.
Shed down. O Lord! a heavenly ray
To guide me in the douhiful way ;
r me hold thy shield ot pow'r
To guard me in the dang'rous hour.
3
Teach me the flatt'nng path to shun,
In which the thoughtless many run;
Who for a ^ha te the viibstam
And grasp their ruin in their bliss.
V
I red principle impart; —
The faith, that sanctifies the heart;
Uope, that to heaven's high vault aspires;
And love, that warms with holy tires.
s
Whatc'er is noble, pure, refin'd.
Just, gen'rous, amiable, and kind,
ty ;r.\ constant thought punue —
Thut may 1 love and practise too.
o
Let neither pleasure, wealth, nor pride,
Allure my wandering soul aside ;
But, through this mn/e of mortal ill,
>are lead ;ne to thy heav'nly hill. —
7
There glories shine and pleasures roll
Thai i harm, delight, transport — the soul ;
And even panting with *h*ll be
Possest of bounuless Lhss in Thee.
ORA< I - (»| III! SPIRIT.
C M. T>rl>xUriJgt.
rafuc 166.
Drvlm DruviHgi ctirbrateJ, ItW
M
w <>ur wiuh along.
Thou u»M uv
tjn an.]
BnaM beneath the soke
'!)« guilt ••( iWKf tin thfl— d MM
And ;|IU>
et the cruwnni,
' tears,
And |l«>n ..f unnumlx-rii sears
5
Drawn by su< r ward move,
'■
L. M.
Portugal Sew 263, Rothwcll 171, Chard 175.
Tht Time of Lavt ; or Prni.t for tkt 1 1
tie V;
L>. Iwjij time
Whrn thou
My raging
l'rout lore,
aw near my
imt ol lite and blu*
But lie mt evil heart renew'd.
And all hi» graces planted there.
And God the Spurt, t ,ual praasr.
Mil Gfl \t !•> n| M!| HOI V SPIRIT*.
Baltimore lt>7, IImion9rJ6>
Camttrntrntfut emcom
Pt' •
LI I l
«uh Hi
rive,
Iheskjes,
An«,
'afe, dnturo ■
With their presumptuous wan.
"*4 Trsnpm trr
►rnj ilpi..
rm at oocv, t* Loirt at the brti at the
• , lrj| heifht
. I-er murm'rinf moru:
Arraign the provide''
And bUroe the dec
While paaMofi Jt control,
rjirag'd at what i. ftr'fc.]
( hmtiaaS nohlrr mn
n tehn d—
ijth,
^bott -' -»'n at lcn|th,
M met,
• _i
A'irl pri/r the Mn
j»i >ur lire*,
T hcgirea,
»ent.
Since he hat ttrd.
taj heart,
•. while l<re I
I'll pnUK him foe it there.
7- (2nd Part.) S. M. BftUomu.
Gosport 53, Lnheld 5.
- and Prtaotumtiiy Eph.n.8.
F.\I I II •— id a precious r.i
Where er it u beu.-Wd'
' a rlcxiai bsrift,
And i» the »;
Jerus it own. a kinc.—
But looks for all in C
m n leads the voul,
with deep rissirrts;
■
.\ nu tru»t» ha rifhlrousocat.
4
wotk atowe,
I ■ 1. vrn.l Ur frwnt B4 Ifn v.<n
:k thu taithia act
Abtofdoa 42, CnarVriaain 116.
rij few f }.. »
F\ : 1 II addi new charms to i-irthlr Uua,
And saves use from its i; .
FAITH.
221, 222
Extinguishes the thiist of sin,
I IIIC
Or love i" God, ami heavenly things,
And feedl the puie desire.
l
unded conscience knows its power
The healing balm to give .
That halm the saddest licit can cheer,
make the dying live.
4
\\ ulr it uin eih celestial WOI Ms,
\\ here deatblea ptcaearei rein ;
An 1 bids me seek my portion there,
NOI bul» me Kek in vain : —
5
Shews me the precious premise, seal'd
W uh the Redeemer's blood;
And help! m\ feeble hope to rest
L pon a tauhrul God.
ft
There, there unshaken, would I rest
I ill tiu> vile bod> diet]
And then, on taith's triumphant wings,
At once to glorj me I
019. i.. M. Dr. JHtktiJgt,
Rothtord '22, Rothwell 174.
The struggle bttwttn Faith and Unbelief,
Mark i\. 84.
JESUS, our n.uis delightful choice,
in mee, believing, we rejoice;
let villi ooi i«.\ i5 mi\M with grief,
While faith contends with unbelief.
j
Thy promises our bean revive,
I ep out hunting hopes alive;
But guilt, ami tears, and MMTUW1 rise,
idc nit- praanae from our eyea.
0 lei DOt sin and Satan boost,
While -aints he mourning in the dust ;
dut faith to ruin brought,
Which thy own gracious hand hath wrought.
4
Do thou the dying spark inflame ;
Reveal the glories ot thj name ,
And put all anxious doubts to flight,
As shades dispersed by opening light,
220- 8s.
Lambeth 57, Uxbridge 161.
Faith fiin.'ing.
ENCOMP \ssl) with clouds of distress,
Just teach all hope to resign,
1 |>ant for the lijjht ot tin
And fear it will never I e mine :
DisheartenM with waning so long,
1 sink at thy feel with mj
All plaintive I pour out my song,
And stretch forth my hands unto God.
Shine, Lord ! and my terror shall cease ;
The blood ot atonement apply j
And lead me to Jesus tor peace* —
The tock that b higher than I :
speak, Saviour ' for sweet is thy voice;
Thy presence is lair to behold ;
Attend to my lOfTOWl ami mo —
m -. groaning! that cannot be load.
It sometimes I strive, as I mourn,
My holu on thy promise to keep,
1 he billow* more fiercely return,
And plunge me ag.tm m tie deep:
While barass'd .in<\ casl from thy sight,
I he tempter sii^-jests wnh a roar, —
rd has fonaken thee <|uite ;
4 Tin God will be gracious no more.'
4
Yet Lord, if thy love hath design'd
No covenant blessing for me,
Ah ! tell me how is it 1 rind
Some pleasure in waiting for thee?
Almighty to rescue thou art,
Tin gnu e i- m\ shield diui my tow'r;
come succour and gladden m\ heart,—
Let this be the day ot thy power.
221- 8,8,6.
Chatham 59, Westbury Leigh 278.
Faith Reviving.
FROM whence this fear and unbelief?
I last thou, O Father, put to grief
Thy spotless Son for ine"
And will the righteous Judge of men
Condemn me tor thai debt of sin.
W luch, Lord ! was charg'd on thee ?
I
Complete atonement thou hast made,
\nd to the utmost farthing paid
Whale er thy people ow'd;
How then can wrath on me take place,
If sheltered in thy righteousness
And sprinkled with thv blood?
[If thou hast my discharge procur'd,
And freely, in my room, endur'd
The whole of wrath divine ;
Payment God cannot twice demand —
lust at my bleeding Surety's liand,
And then again at mine.]
4
Turn then, my soul, unto thy rest I
The merits ot thy gTeat high-priest
liberty and peace :
Trust in his efficacious blood;
No: feat thv banishment from God,
since Jesus dy'd for thee.
.'. 8s.
New Jerusalem 230, Lamb' th "~.
Faith conjuiring.
THE moment a tinnt
And tiu-ts in his crucify <l God,
His pardon at once he receives, —
Redemption in full through his blood;
Tho' thousands anil thousands of foes
Against him in malice unite,
e he, thro' Chri i, can oppose-
Led torth by the Spuit t< I
<-K\( i S OE IIII SPIRIT.
Thel
«-n hell;
M % i
e end.
It uyi to the n. part,'
un.i Ijc win OikI mi the toul:
.whole
Bich i
. the tinner <>n high
To dwell with the angel* of light.
'). fc. Tttplady.
New Jerusalem 210, Lock 49.
j. a. i>. covenant mcn> \ ling;
W.th thT ng
■ bring :
iw and ot God
luve nothinr
■olienrr and blood
Hide all mi
in.
The work which hu goodix
Thr
1 l Am _
An •
Thing* future, nor thingi that ire now,—
1
V
J
aim- ■
lUurc,
<-a*cn.
1 tm—rsnd.
\lmnbUn(
BkI t
Lord
Tho' in a foreign Land,
• I) UMftDCnt I
-.cethAlUoiheefld
. s nor thing* to come,
tOtl qajCW % U.c .^jrk (!j\ine.
■eof lore will rorne,
When «
I) that he *J*cd hn blood,
but cji h thall mt, ' fur me.*
•en;
Hour;
.
u lote widi
ull thy vahation lee.
K.nphndfej*, Magdalen,
Fj«k emmtcttd-mmtk Sahatim. Eon.
\
■M Uh ;/.«».
Mice
fieteiKe
OTby theUwi
To have .
c I >e\t deed* that we hare dose
-oondedcooaomer whole :
umt,iDdimiiteio«L
word'
Fain would I hare mi i
. jnd truM the Lord,
t pardon "d and *u<>
<>h, may thi grace it* power dnpltrt
Ix-t guilt an«l rteaih fto
Save me in thine appotnte<i ■
Nor let m* humble (a
M. Dr./W?
Bedford 91, fcnghtl*lmuone SOS.
B*imf im fir Ftar <f t;ej .,// iht day hmgt
I
THRICE luppr «>ul», who born from
ioutira here, hea»o,
HumNi begin i
- ;id them in hu fear.
So mar our eir» with hnlr real
•y Ihe tarred |
love j'ir»rnt
r handi
8 FEAR.— FORTITUDE— GRAVITY.
lied to noblest ends,
refreshment
And, by each varum*. DTOti lenre,
■six- instruction biought!
i laborious duties called,
temptation! I
inciter of thy wings,
And in thy strength confide.
As different icenes of We arise,
grateful hearts would be
With thee amidst the social band,—
In solitude with thee.
7
At night, we lean our weary heads
Anil, saiely folded in thine arms,
rest.
s
i pure delights like these,
past ;
11 then impatient wish,
Nor shall 1 tear the last.
iham.
Stamford 9, Hammond 216, Bath Chapel 26.
rCorf, Pro*. \iv. 26.
T T 1'Y beyond description he
il 1 i (he 1 > r i his God;
Who hears his threats with holy awe,
And tremble-, at his rod.
|
ever dwells
w uh its ta'r partner, tote;
Blending theii i proclaim
I heir source is from above.
Let terrors fright th' unwilling -lave,
The child with joy a
Cheerful he does his fathers will,
And loves a> much as tear>.
4
Let fear and love, most holy God !
■ this soul of mine,
ITien shall 1 worship thee aright,
And ta.-te thj joys divine.
V Sermons.
I's 110, folk-It 181.
l'r,r:::uie, \ for \vi. 13.
\ M 1 a totdier of th !
j V i of the lamb '
Anil shall 1 tear to own his cause, —
Or blush to speak his name '
Must 1 !>e earned to the -kie-,
A'hi.e others fought to win the pn/e,
And sail'd thro1 blood] >ea>!
re no foes for me to face !
Must 1 not stem the rioo.i '
le world a friend to grace,
To help me on to Cod ?
Sure 1 must fight* if I would reign ;
Increase my > outage, Lord '
I'll bear the toil, en. hire the pain,
Supported b| tli\ word.
Thy saint . torioul war,
nquer tho' they die:
• the triumph from atar,
txe it with their eye.
6
When that illustrious day shall rise,
in i i;i tin- armies >hinc
In robes of vi« tory thro" the skies,
The glory shall be thine.
229- t M- Dr. Watts'* Sermons.
Chard 173, Ailie-Street Ml.
Gravity and Dec •
BEHOLD the (DBS, the heirs of God,
early bought with Jesus' blood I
Are they not born to heavenly joys,
And >hal! thev stoop to earthly toys?
Can laughter feed th' immortal mind?
Were spirits of celestial kind
. ;<.r sport and play —
1 a wear out time, and wa-te the day?
3
Doth vain discourse, or empty mirth,
Weil suit the honours of their birth!
Shall they he fond of gay attire,
Which children love, and fools admire?
•>
What if we wear the richest vest ;
md Hies are letter dre>t ;
This flesh with all us gaudy forms,
Mu-t drop to dust, and feed the worms.
Lord, raise our hearts and passions higher,
Touch our vain >ouK with tacred hie;
Then, with a heav 'n-directed eye,
We'll pa^s these glittering tritles by.
6
We'll look on all the toys below
With such disdain a> angels do;
And wait the call that bids u. rise
TO mansions promis'd m die skies.
230. L. M.
Kingsbndge 88, Virginia 23-1, Gould's 272.
Hope set before us.
AND be it so— that, till this hour.
We never knew w hat faith has meant ;
And, slaves to tin ana >atan's power,
Have never felt Uiese hearts relent.
What *hall we do? — shall we lie down,
sink in d^pair, and groan, and die.'
And, sunk Iseneath th' Almighty's frown,
Not glance one cheerful hoj»e on high?
3
Forbid it. Saviour' to thy grace
As sinners, strangers, we will come;
Among thy samt> w<- ask a place, —
For in thy mercy there is room.
GRAI E8 01 I in SPIRIT.
■
(■•Pvt.)
Ctu.
O heart-
p" ,u |Oldc m.
k. how mournful J
If ihjr cDlivcninj braon dtj
•
"«!'f -' im
• 1 MI,
( mourn1
f
r Ihe Until. •
Beneath the innS rcfuJgci
HN|h
tunhca Ncvi
H'k» tarn till t or, Kf. mg ag.iuut Hot*,
Jonah
( ! Vfrilmjkr
v ' v wi known;
• ill an hum!'-
A PI
T<> iher. vbo b) j word
IfC there -
;«cl —
III dail) wck, — for, who . j
.
M» <*•* bemoan, mr want- ■
i
In i .i 1. 1 .. limn ! ...< ok.. . ._ i.-i- ■
known;
Si1
I -•,— and, who can
Hoping am* t~,t>*r.
CM rejoice
In »..,* that wt tfu
shall owdi>
And feel tJ
' /"' ui not dvin aak* mr ««»>
>i>nttdclichi.
The length and bteadih, Uk depth j
* rcdcrojin^ ^^
new hope,
mountain-top
In rn.ilc* pirn i« e
K'cntrni—M
A re»t.
Oh, wf
N
Bui ttv
-»'• the mmmtmt
Hf* mvtrattt my a fmm * /•*
An 1
nifti'
hii hariil —
HOPE—HUMILITY,
235, 23G, 237
Til he supports this minting frame ;
On lnm alum- a DC ;
The wondrous glories oi hu name, [shine •
tdl huw bright they
4
Infinite wisdon lless powei :
I .. aithfulncss an I I
me trust, white I I lore,—
o iii\ refuge e'er u move.
I, it thou art mine indeed,
Then I have all my heart ian aaic;
A present help in time of need)
Still kind to hear, and Strong to save.
FOrgive m> doubts o gracious Lord:
Ann ease the tortowi oi m> breast;
S|K-aL to my heart the healing word,
That thoa ait mine— and 1 ain blot.
',. L. If. Steele.
uth 122, Lang Ion 217.
; nr. the Poor in Spirit blessed,
Matthew v. 3.
■\"" . complain no more;
X I et faith mrvej rout future store:
■ How happy, how divinely blest,
i.utli attest.
When conscious grief laments sincere,
I And poun the penitential teai .
i Hope point-, to four deje< ted eyee,
! The bright reversion in the (hies,
In \ain the sons of wealth and pride
Despise your lot, your hopes deride:
In vain the) !*'ast tlu:r little stores:
Trifles arerasrY*, a kingdom j ur, • —
\
~ A kingdom of immense delight,
health ind pea e and joy unite ;
Where undcciming pleasures I i>e,
And every wish iiaih full supplies:
m which i an ne'er dacaji
\S bile time *wec|» earthly throne's away ;
te Which power and truth sustain,
I nmo\ d tor ever must remain.
6
There shall your eyes with raptures view
■nous friend that dy'd tor you;
That dy'd to ramose, dy'd to raise
To crowns of joj and songs of praise.
(hoe I breathe my prayer I
con arm m> interest there:
a in; humble lot below,
This, this, im soul desires to know:
Oh let me hem vine
Pronounce the glorious blessing miae I
Enroll'd among ih] happ]
3est wishes ask no more.
CM.
Bangor 231, U a.uagc 204.
Humble pit I y.
LORD, at thy tut WU MUtCtl he,
\im k.i", It at mei
\\iih heavy heart and dowacasl eye,
1 by favour we implore.
3
On us i' i va-t evtent display
o; thy forgiving love ;
lake all our heinous gnfM away,
This heavy load remove.
3
We link— -with all this weight oppress'd,
i an t hell ;
Oh, give our troubled spiius rest,
Our numerous fears dispel.]
4
' I is mercy, mercy, we implore;
O may thy boweta ■
Thv grace is an exhauitless store,
And tiiou thyself art love.
5
Oh, for thy own, for Jesus' sake,
our many sins forgivet
v- our rocky hearts can break ;
And, breaking, soon relieve.
6
Thus melt us down ; thus make us bend,
And thy dominion own ;
Nor let a rival more pretend
To repossess thy throne.
236- L. II. Beddome.
inversion 179, Mppeftft 188, Babylon
Strean
The humble Publican, Luke wiii. 13.
LORD' with a griev'd and aching heart,
1 1) thee 1 look— to thee I cry;
Supply my wants, an i ease my smart:
Oil, help ine soon, or ebe I die.
Here, on my soul, a bur. ten lies'
No human power un it ren.
My numerous sins like mountains rise:
Do thou reveal thy pardoning love.
3
Break oil these adamantine chains;
From cruel bondage set me tree ;
from everlasting pains;
And bring me safe to heaven and thee.
237- 7s. Madams Collection.
Alcester 2 Li, Cookham 36.
A Praytrfi r Humility.
LORD, if thou thy grace impart,—
Poor in spirit, meek in heart,
1 shall, as my master, be
Rooted in humility.
I
Simple, teachable, and mild,
I into a little <
v nh all the Lord provides;
Wean'd from all the world DC
238. a Efl <>| TH
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fatal moment •
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ym i MbmiwiTr make u» jo,
And we will wiij follow ihee?
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M 22, Mark
•ncha»te.lMm>min<i
Awl smiling day once morr appears
nd
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rear,
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ne then, at length, be ta.ieht
■*» ihe shadow ol a (urn.
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JOY.— JUSTICE.— KNOWLEDGE. 244, 245
n u-.i«i> to repine;
Thou, therefore, all the praise i
, and telt-abhorrence, mine.
I V. Dr. H.itts's Sermons.
New Sabbath 123, Portugal 97.
. Matt mi. 12.
Bl ESSED Redeemer! how divines-
How righteous is this rule ol thine,
with others « orse
ild nave them deal with us!'
i ton, si irt and plain,
■ 't the mm 1 nor memorj pain ;
I ience must S|
This universal law ol \ow;.
J
tten in each mortal breast
where all mir tenderest wish
i it from uiir inmost veins,
Where love to sell resides and icigns.
\
I on ever at a 1
call in self-love to judge the cause :
Let out own fondest passions shew
should treat our neighbour too.
How blest'd would every nation prove,
Thus rul'd by equity and love1
All would be friends without a foe,
n a paradise below
6
a we keep
. red law or love asleep ;
ike our envy, wrath, and pride,
Tho ns, tor our gui
243. L.M. Dr. Doddridge.
Chard ITS, Truro 105.
God shining in th< Heart, 2 Cor. iv. 6.
PRA1SK to the Lord of boundless might !
\S uh uncreated glories bright,
lli> pretence gilds the world above, —
Th' unchanging source of light and love.
2
Cn:r rising earth his eye beheld,
When, in substantial darkness veQ'd,
I .ure*s womb,
tried in the horrid gloom.
3
, * Let there be light,' Jehovah
An.l light o'er all it, race « a- sprt ad ;
rray'd in charms unknown,
Gay with ib ncw-boin lustre shone.
I
the mind, when lost it 1 es
In ihadi
And darts from hcav'n a vivid ray,
And changes midnight into day.
5
Shine, mighty God ' with vigor shine
On this benighted heart i f i
Arm lei d reveal d,
A» in the Saviour'* face beheld.
My soul, reviv*d by hcav'n-boin day,
I in radiant image shall disptaj ;
, iti\ iai ulties unite
In prai who gives me light.
244. L m.
Kingabridge 88, Lewton 30.
One Thing I know, John Lx. 25. 1-a. liv. 13.
D1-. \K S iviouri make me wise to see
M> sin, and guilt, and remedy;
Mis said, ot all thy blood has bought,
• rhej shall ol Israel's God be taught.'
9
Their plague of heart thy people know;
II e\ know ti:\ name, ana trust thee too;
They know the gospel's blissful sound,
Ihe paths where endless joys abound.
J
They know the Father and the Son ;—
n eii i is el :rnal life begun:
I Ivation they are wise, —
Their grace shall into glory rise.
4
But— ignorance itscit am I ;
Born blind — estrang'd from thee I lie;
0 Lord' to thee 1 humbly own
1 nothing know as should be known.
5
■ know God, or Christ, at sin,—
\ly foes without, or plague within ;
Know noi mi interest. Lord, in thee,
in pardon, peace, or liberty!
6
But help me to declare to-day,
;'",ings 1 cannot say,
ing 1 know," all praise to thee,
' Tho' blimd 1 was — yet now l m.1
I I ".. CM. I iircett.
Bedford 91, Charmouth '.'8.
Knowledge at present imperfect,
1 Cor. \iu. 9.
THY waf, 0 God ' is in the sea;
Thy paths 1 cannot trace;
Nor comprehend the mystery
Of thy unbounded g
2
Here the daik veils of Bean and sense
My captive soul surround,
Mysterious deeps of providence
My wandering thoughts confound.
3
When 1 behold thy awful hand
Mi earthly hopes destroj ,—
[n deep astonishment l stand,
An 1 ask the reason, why;
4
As thro' a glass, I dun'
How little do I know ot thee,
Or of the joy i
5
Tis but in part 1 know thy will ;
1 bless i .lit: —
\\ hen will thy love the irst reveal
In glory's clearer lighl »
<-K\< i 9 (>! THE BPIBIT
246,2
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CM. Dr.KyUmd.
•><-» Wkjj. «.«.*-:«. rnuoa 116.
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Mj I-
'••d Mir
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c <li,,nr.—
■ Ac light,
«np
I ncfcncu help i|
4
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iknru hrrw'd,
■carta r* hir
:.Jtrrd tccoti \r.
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ur dcrciv-
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•auod,
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Haa made rot heaveo kcui*.
poor.
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LOVE TO GOD AM) CHRIST.
\ -wtm.
Cot kl
Ijmtt tkmmt i John tat 16.
I .1 |><>int I Ion? io know,
I il causes anxious thought —
re iiit- l ord, 01 im,
\m I his, or am 1 m>i
S
f 1 love, whj am I thus' —
.- dull ami lifeless name'
. sine, can lh«-y Ik- worse
Alio have nevei heard his name.
9
Could ni> hearl so hard remain, —
•Vive i a task ami burden prove, —
1 1 me pain —
it 1 knew a Sj\ lour's love?
4
Hhen I turn my eyeswithin,
. :k, and vain, and wild :
th unbelief and -in,—
Jan 1 deem myself a child']
5
It I pray, or liear, <>r read,
uix'd with all i
at love the 1. >rd indeed,
Jell me, is it thus with \ou'
6
urn my stubborn will, —
Find mj sin a grief and tin all ;
i grieve for what 1 feel,
1/1 did not lo\e at all '
1 joy his saints to meet ;
the ways I once abhorr'd;
find, at tunes, the promise sweet J —
lot Love the Lord
lecide tlve doubtful i
I hou, who art thy people's sun,
Shine U)H>n thy work oi g:..
It it bt indeed begun.
9
Let mc love thee more and more,
If 1 love at all, 1 pray
•re,
Help me to begin to-day.
I . M Dr. H'.i.W. I
Lebanon 79, Manning '.Ts. GooU
Desiring to love Christ.
Cor is my mind
Harm r froze to ice?
I see the blessed tan one bond,
And stoop r embrace mc from the skies I
Oh' 'tis a thought would melt a rock,
And make a heart of non move.
That those sweet lips, that heavenly look,
eek and wish a mortal lore)
3
I was a traitor, doom'd to fire.
Bound to sustain eteinal pains;
rone desire,
Asium'd my gmli, and took uiy chains!
Infinite grai el almighty < harms' —
Si mil In amaze, ye rolling skies i
Jesus, the God, extends his anus, —
D .i , loss ol lo*e, and dies.
5
Did pity i \ ii stoop so low.
Dress it in divinity and blood?
w as evei rebel courtu
In groans ot ^i\ expiring God?
6
Again he lives I and spreads his hands, —
Hand-, that weie nail d to loi luring smart ;
wounds l' says he; ami stands
And prays to clasp me to his heart.
7
Sure I must Love; oi ate m> ears
Still deaf, nor will my passions m,.
melt this llinu hearl to leais; —
This heart shall yield to death or love.
M. Dr.S.Steutirtt.
ftpraguc 166, Brigbtbelmstone 208.
Piofe^ion of Love to Christ.
AND have I, Christ, no love to thee, —
ion tor thy i harms?
No ■ ish my Saviour's late to see,
And dwell within his aims'
o
Is there no >park of gratitude,
In this cold heart of mine,
To him whose generous bosom glow'd
\\ uh friendship all <i^ me |
Can I pronounce his charming name,
His ai is tit kindness tell;
le I dwell upon tiie theme,
No sweet emotion feel!
4
Siit h base ingratitude as this
What hearl but must detest'
Sure Christ deserves the noblest place
In every human breast.
5
A very wn ich, I ord' I should prove,
Had I n<- love to thee :
Rather than not my Saviour love,
O may I cease to be :
I Ss. F.Fr.incis.
New Jerusalem . I'xhridge 161.
M
Supreme Love to (
Y gracious Redeemer 1 love I
Mis praises aloud 111 pioclaim,
And join with b*e
To shout his adorable name :
In gaxc on his gloria diviste,
shall be mi eternal employ,
And feel them inrrmnlrr inhar.
My boundless ineffable joy.
i
He freely redeem 'd, with his blood,
My soul from the cossfitsei of hell,
lo live on tin." smiles of my I
And in his sweet presence lo dwell;
GRACES Ol [BIT.
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LOVE.— MEEKNESS.
So Jesus look'd on dying nun.
And, "midst lh' embrat es >>t hit God,
He fell compassion rise :
on wingsof love the Savioui (lew
from the ground,
An.! ihed toe richeil ol his blood
m foi every wound.
CM.
Woduop M, Aim
I n['lt of
;. Mall v. |4.
A I i)i D ire iinf tin- wond'rous pace
Christ to lit-. iiimd.-rer- bur ,
w in. h made the torfring c ids-, its throne,
And hung its trophies there.
2
' Father, forgive i' hi. mercy tried
With his expiring breath*
• And drew eternal blessings down
On those who wrought his death.
3
is wond'rous love we sing!
And, whilst we dng, admire:
Breathe on our souls, and kindle there
.imc celestial lit b.
4
■ bj ihj dear example, we
I or enemies will praj ,
With love, then hatred'— and their curse
With blessings— will repaj .
I CM. Dr.S.Sttmirtt.
P ■■ idence College 10, New yoi
Ail A:. I ;vi!hout Loir,
1 Cnr. xui. 1— J.
SElOUl D bounteous nature kindly pour
gifts on me,
■till, O n ;Id be poor,
It \oid of love to thee.
o
Not shining wit, nor manly sense,
-
J itself could recompense
1 be want of love to God.
)id 1 posset* the gift of tongues,
But were denvHJ thj grace j
\i) loudest words mi
M oukJ be but sounding b.
I
• u shouklsl give me heavenly skill,
10 explain ;
f 1 d no heart to do tbj will,
■u.d be vain.
lad I so strong a faith, my God :
A> mountains to remove ;
so fauh could do me real good,
That did not woik by love.
6
What tho\ to gratify my pride
make mj heaven secure,
ill my |Hwsesjdoiis I divide
v. the hungry poor;
wiiai iho' my I
To the devouring (lame,
In h >p i tl d •. i will shine
in rolls oi endless tame!
B
These splendid a' is o{ vanity,
I ho' .ill the world applaud,
it d< ititute of charity,
Can never please nn God. J
9
Oh. grant me, then, this one request,
And I u be satisfied,—
Thai love divine baa) rule my breast,
And all my actions guide.
'J, .'(I. S.M. Dr.DollrUge.
Mansfield 154, Mount Ephraim 185.
i beaut^fed vbitn Siilv./tin/t,
•.. \. i.
YE humble souls, rejoice,
An 1 1
Wake .ill your barmen
For Jesus is your King!
I
That meek and lowly Lord,
Whom here your souk have known,
Pledges the hi apur of bis word
1 .now you for bis own.
3
He brings salvation near,
lor which his blood was paid!
How beauteous sluil your souls appear,
Thus sumptuously ai ray 'd I
4
Sing ' for the day tl nigh,
When, near your Saviour's seat,
The tailed SOUS of pride shall he
The footstool of jour feet.
Salvation, I ord, is thine,
And all tli\ .-saints co
The royal robes, in which they shine,
Were wrought by sovereign grace.
261- CM. Xeedham.
CrowteS, Miall240.
Moderation ; or, the Saint indeed, Phil, i v. "..
HAPPY the man, whose cautious steps
sull keep the golden mean :
v\ hose life, bj wisdom's rules well form'd,
Dei lares a conscience (Waw.
9
Not of himself he highly thinks,
Noi ai ts the boaster1! part ;
III in. dest tongue the languages-peaks
oi ins still bumblei heart
3
Not in base scandal's arts he deal*;
1 or truih dwells in hi> In
w ith griei be see-, bis neighbour's faults,
And thinks and hopes ihe best.
4
What blessings bounteous heaven bestows,
He takes with thankful heart:
With ten.p'rance he both eats and dunk.-,
And gives the poor a part.
T.
rfrioul
- amid out hrtrim .
And triumph m
I aid uimi
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7, MifdjJrnr
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PATIENCE.— B
■
and reverend love,
; to in- beneath tin throne;
i thee t" lh»e, eu i moVe,
thee alone:
ne to lean upon thy breast,
in thee the promis'd rest.
(
Thou .ay'st thou u lit iliy servants keep
In pelted ! nimls shall he
Like new-boro babes, or helpless sheep,
Completer* stav'd, dear Lord : on thee :
llm ih'eir stair, how truly blett,
i ust on thee, the promis'd rest.
I
. m\ Saviour, as thine own,
lie mv righteous cause;
. my pardon, I ord, alone,
iej thy laws:
In thy dear arms of tovc laress'd.
Cue me to find thy promis'd it-;.
5
Bid the rempestuous rage of sin,
\S ith all its wrathful tury, die ;
: Let the Redeemer dwell within,
. turn my sorrows into joy:
i. m\ heart, by thee poaienM,
lee to be mv proasurd rest.
267. CM. Dr. Doddridge.
Ifdrd 91, Ann's 58.
II God hath commanded all Mm every where
to repent, Acts xvir. JO.
R(
" the voice celestial cries,
1 V \ •; longef date delay :
m the mandate, dies,
And meets a tiery day.
the sovereign eye of God
B men;
raid* are dispatch d abroad
. i the world or sin.
The summons reach thro' all the earth;
Let earth attend and fear:
men of royal birth,
I row \ j«als hear:
4
Together in his presence bow,
your guilt confers;
bnbrace the Messed Saviour now,
Nor trifle with his gi
S
low, ere the awful trumpet sound,
ill jrou to his l.ar :
"or mercy know > the appointed hound,
And turns to vengeance there.
6
j love' that yet will call,
t prolong our days!
)ur hearts subdu d by goodness, fall,
tad love, and praast,
1st Part.) CM. Dr. Dc
Wtt alJ ", Bang.
. fumed
SI iR( HER ot hearts, l)efore thy fare,
I all ni) soul
And, coo i.inale arts,
Intreat thy atrial sorvey.
If linking in its inmost folds
i .:'i\ sin com eat,
Oh, let a ray of light divine
rhe sei hi :'uiie revejtl
■J
If tinctur'd with that odious gall
I .now mg 1 remain,
let pace, like a pure iilvej streaaa,
v\ a>)i out tir accursed stain.
4
If, in these fatal 'etters hound,
A wretched slave I lie,
Smite off my chains, and wake my soul
< and liberty.
5
To humble penitence and prayer
Be gentle pity given :
speak ample paidon to my heart,
And seai lb claim to heaven.
268. (2nd Part.) L. If.
Rothwell 174, Porte,
Hardness of Heart lamented.
LORD1 shed a beam of heavenly
To melt this stubborn stone awaj ,
Now thaw, with rays of
This heart— this frozen heart of mine.
S
The rocks can rend ; the earth can q
i- can roar; the mountains shake ;
Of feeling all tl.i
Eut this unfeeling heart ot mine.
To hear the sorrows th ro ha>t felt,
What but an a.lamant would melt'
Goodness and wrath in vain combine
To move this stupid heart of mine.
4
But One can yet perform the deed ;
That One in all his grace I ne
Tin Spirit can from dross refine,
And melt this stubborn heart of minev
5
Oh, Breath of Life, breathe on my soul'
On me let stream] ••; mercy roll:
Now thaw, with i.vine,
This heart, this frozen heart ot mine.
Q69- L. M. Dr. Doddridg'.
Coombs 's 45, Bromley 101, Gloucestei 1?
Christ exalted to givi RtptBttmctj Acts v. 31.
EX \I III) Fume . A I tfe 1 Wt own
The royal honours of thy throne;
lis fix'd by Gods almight] hand.
And seraphs b .
GRACES OF Ilil
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■i y rcMrttmiorptrr i*ji,
4
Mirhlj In vjnquWl aad tors
I
■
Whi.h w
death.
Cookharn
Pmittnti.il Sight.
F'i I comr:
l«»r a guilty ui.
I -rut undei>tjnd j jnun:
I Icrr m\ >in* and w»rr<iw» Icll ;
\Mui I teel ihou kn
3
Ali ' how r Iteen
on —
inc,
Ami ti IMC.
4
Djiknen fill* in\ trrmblin*. uiulj
i ne roll:
i ihce.
I
i.H,mil to die,
And be »rud'd upon
■
In j Ic.
Or. f . Stmmmt.
C hannouth 28, Anal 5*.
7*/ Prmtfnt.
)
x\ thy fei
M u
■cat
Ire
Ml
lo lift hi« -
>»n me hence i
IM debt I owe.
Tear* thould from hoih bit
4
Bui no with tic n fire 1 plead
kmI, but Ibou hail »ptlt.
Think of thy iottow*, deareat Lord!
And all m> nn» forr
« ill well approve the word
. i» the >mnc: .
M. Sink.
Ludlow 84, Ciowle3.
Penttaut amd Hf*.
Dwhrn or thout.hu reca
Lheu
Low ai il j
heart i
— betraj *d
-
-« no alone can
4
Bui he, for hit own mi
the m<-urninf heart partake
lite pardon it implore*.
Oh, while 1 breathe lo thee, mj Lord,
I
Then trull the mournr i
Rl PENTANCE.— RESIGNATION. 2T6, 277
I .. M. Reddome.
PlTcrmue 17'.', Pauls M6, Gould1
Thi Prodigal Son ; or, tht rtftnting iitmtf
;.v,/, Lake v
TRI mighly Cod will not <!.
rbe contrite heart tor lacriaea ,
rp-fet< h'd sigh, the secret groan,
epted id tin- throne.
lie meets, with tokens of hit
I he nniililing lip, the blushing fate;
His bowehi yearn irhen rinnen pra] ,
And men \ bears their tins a«.iv.
I ll'd with grief, o'crwhelm'd with
shame,
I If, pitying, heals their broken frame;
II j hears their sad complaints and spies
His image in their weeping eyes.
4
i hat a rapi'rous joy possest
The tender parent's throbbing breast,
To see his spend-thntt son return.
And hear him his pail tollies mourn.
J 1. ( . M. BuUme.
Walsal 237, Bangor 331.
: thouf John \\. 13.
II Y, O my soul! why weepest thoui
W
Tell me from whence
briny tears that often flow,
Those groans that pierce the skies.
'ie cause of thy complaint,
Or the chastising rod
Dmt thou an evil heart lament*,
And mourn an absent G<vd'
Loco, let me weep for nought but sin !
And after none but thee:
And then I would— oh, that I might' —
A constant weeper be.1
\. CM. Confer.
Elenborough 170, Brighthelmstone 208.
The contrite He.irt, Isa. lvii. 15
rT"MIF. Lord will hippmcss divine
X. On contrite hearts l>estow ;
Then tell me, grauou, God! is mine
A contrite heart or no'
I
i I hear, but seem to hear in vain,
-,:ile as steel ;
' If aught is telt, 'tis only pain
To rind I cannot feci
J
1 sometimes think myself inchn'd
To love thee, if 1 could ;
But often teel another mind,
■ to all that's good.
• Or— Dv>>; tbou departed friends lament:
My best deal! CI are faint and few,
I Fain would «tnvc tor more;
But, when 1 cry, ' My strength renew',
Seem weaker than betore.
5
Thy saints are comforted, I know,
And love thjf house ol prayer;
I sometimes go where others go,
Cut find no comfort there.
6
Oh, make this heart rejoice or ache; —
Decide this doubt for me ;
And, if it be not broken, break —
And heal it, if it be.
276- C. If. BtdJome.
Abridge 201, Wantage 204.
Resignation ; or, God our Portion.
Y times of sorrow and of joy,
M
Great God! are in thy hand;
My choicest comforts come from thee,
And go at thy command.
If thou shouldst take them all away,
Yet would 1 not repine,
Before they were pa waft! by me,
They were entirely thine.
3
Nor would 1 drop a murmuring word,
1 ho' the whole w orld were gone,
But seek enduring happiness
In thee, and thee alone.
4
What is the world, with all its store;
'lis but a buter sweet;
When I attempt to pluck the rose,
A pricking thorn I meet.
5
Here perfect bliss can ne'er be found,
The honey's tnix'd with gall :
'Midst changing scenes and dying friends
Be Thou my all in all.
277- CM. Confer.
Bedford 91, Crowle 3.
Submimam.
OLORD1 my best desires fulfil,
And help me to resign
Lite, health, and comfort to thy will,
And make thy pleasure mine.
Why should I shrink at thy command,
Whote love forbids my tears'
Or tremble at the gracious hand
That wipes away my tears '
3
No* let me rather freely yield
What most I prize to thee,
Who never hast a good withheld,
Nor wilt withhold from me.
4
Thy favour all my journey thro*
thou art engagM to s-rant;
What else 1 want, or thins; I do,
Tis better still to want
t J
?78, 279
[RIT.
d OWTTV fui.!r my w*T
I "i» inmw id
-
fit.
Jamea i kv 103.
Anwh,
And .•
ioa *r i good aod wmc ;
• >« Ihoujhf be
^att lerrnr,
i ■
cart
' *c ww d» nx;
In in* Redeemer's iuCk.
Orw
e 143, Condewrm. .-
It u til Lord— if t kim do wLv tumutk g—d
IT ii the Lnrd— nthmU ia Ijfht,
mare all dm
Wham*
To govern me and auae.
o- < mm
i nuM be fiflx
- Lord— vrrwi fives roc all
M) *
•jniirv mil n
Vvhate»er part he pica^-.
- Lord— who can tu
itwneaw»t
From wiHnn a«i.ta*cs I oocata
Mi Ihr l*otn :
:
It Mine I .* I -n.v covenant God.
mar'
V\ hmr era- •"«»» proaMMT, tcaTd With
Mu.ton be the tame.
• <-l defend
In j -
Braimrrc », I luddertartd 507
/if f-c,
Marl
r mean unf<-:
ind peace,
a ofcurv—
lae* faithful wrtYer jes
Their live* to h.m arc <U
Arc
j name — hit croat to bear—
?n with nun ;
But vhoald vr :av,
r judfe,be*vi-
The uir
Grove- Hoam 145,
■>«W, Mart vtM. >». Lake re. 23.
A all I have,
•i ha»i door
Much Bote dan rhu for aw.
' r» -one look iromtne*
in make amend*
». rticncu.
•uiaad worlds am itimaal kv*»-
ihcv ai>prar
. "nncaaulf Good!
l>,».nclt Bri(htaac!
! toua ' could 1 from thee
I'd florj m mv
-3, C84
SINCERITY.— TRUST.
Sermon i.
Sine:-
I ! ihose whoh- M nam<
Thesa nub —
Are men ot honour
::in oaths ther take,
to their hurt tl.ey swear:
I -i to all they •
• hear.
Still with their lips their heart-
They kn< truth can see
Thro' c\'r\ fabe djagwtse.
They hate in* appearance of a lie.
In all
Firm I en they die,
tiern-
onds,
w n ;
wn.
And gudn
the sight,
hypocrite
IF secret fraud should dwell
\\ ithin th:s 1 e art ut mine ;
Purge out. O Gufl' that curseu leaven,
And make me wholly Uune.
If any rival there
Dares to usurp the throne,
the internal traitor thence,
And reign tlmelf alone.
3
I* any ;<a*t cnnce.iiM?
I ord : m\ inmost soul,
And all its powers renew.
(1st Part.) CM. Ftnrcett.
Anns 3S,Stillman
Spirit:, ; or, Imvnrd Religion
RELIGION is the chief concern
Of im>rul> here l>elow ;
May 1 it- great importance learn,
Its sovereign virtue know:
More needful (hi, than glittering wealth,
Or aught the world ixsi
ilih,
Can give us such repose.
Religion should our thoughts engage
loom;
'< age,
And tor tlic awful tomb.
1
I e renew'd,
Be m> i.
And be my stubborn will subdu'd,
ivernmeni to
5
Let deep repentance, faith, and love,
Bejoin'd wuh godly fear;
And all my conversation prove
_rt to be sin* |
me from the snares of sin,
Thro' my remaining
And in me let each vittue shine
Fo m\ Redeemer's poke,
7
Let lively hope my soul inspire;
And may 1 wait, with >tron^ .
To mount al>o\c Mm
fuL) CM.
Kprafti
c/ £<•'-
.. iv. 8.
HOW \ast the . .iivine,
From godliness
Nor men, not .in,
Can hail its value shew.
Ten thousand comforts it procures
- ;on earth ;
- happiness M
And trees trom endless death.
Go'l, for himself, hath set apart
The godly, whom he loves :
They have a place within bu heart;
Their conduct he a| i
4
[There is a rich and free reward,
The eye ot faith dc.-<
Reserv V. for all, who >erve the Lord,
Above the suiry |k
5
A glori' .via crown,
Christ a
For them the tare sown, —
.
Tat*.
Exeter 4, Michael's 11?.
Encouragement io tru.t and lovt CcJ,
\ \ . .
THRO" all the changing scenes of life-
In trouble and in
The pr 1 shall still
M] heart and tongue employ.
Of his deliverance 1 will I -oast,
I ill ail, who are d:».
From my example comtort take.
And charm their grief* to .
286
(;ra<
■
Ml
Youi
will (hen
\Shile hunrry Imnibck thr
• him,
And xt ihcir needi
I M
IrW*mmH ■ ■ i**t*i beyomd
Aunbflicniif :, -.
re uke place ,
IB* »trrri({l»i ■ •
tl will jive up my »hicld.
Altho' (he vine it« fruu a,
Altbo' i'
•■» uhrrinr ttf-i
The God of m
3
Away, r,. if fear!
e place ;
ncthtppear.
And ificw i he brirhtnro of hi
t, j|| beero»\J —
Whoic boundli-' ■ h to me.
-4
hrhevinfacainitl
■lie -
t'nwmg. n hifh,
I
'
our liicnd,
- win- him uneerely love,
■ wt*n i
u in oun.
I M.
r»dcn 178.
AwM TVatf / »r, Dttpaiv frrotultd.
LNnnotinrnc'
taodf
And (race, an i -
«air»
J i m m ■> | i d ■ ur-r.i r. ti.
And found my name n. i »ni(en (here I
■'•
I II MX k
4
Can men . . (hem more'
. -
Vain the attempt to twefl die Marc
UM
HI cast me down
HI be ihe>rar who perah d t
- 143, Bedford 91.
<*itmraitd hr tkt Promt*.— I mil
In preient thinf\
ru loo,
■
leads.
■ •)«! hrll.
li he ii mine, lei friend* forwke.
TRUST.
nine, ill boldly pMi
Thro* deaths ttemeiidoui vale:
I tolid i omfort, when
ah othet comforts tail.
(i
oh, tell me, Lord I thai thou art mine ;
w ii.it can l w i»h beside?
1 dull at the f ohm tain live
When all the ;.'". tmi aie dry'd.
288- 0 M. RfMome.
Oxford 177.
i «o/.
YE trembling soak I diania your fears;
Be mercy all four theme ;
. « hich, like a rifer, iiows
In one conunued stream.
2
Fe.ir not the powers of eartli ami hell:
God will tbeSC poWcn restrain ;
Hii might] arm then rage repel,
Anil make their effort! vain.
3
the \v.int of outward good :
lie will for his |>io\ ule,
Grant them rappuei ol daily food,
Ami all they need beside
1
y,-,ir i:n that he will e'er forsake,
()'. leave hi> work undone;
Hiiihii to ins promises, —
And faithful to Ins Son.
Wtm rut the terrors of the grave.
Or death1! tremendous, iting ;
He will nom endless wrath pieserve —
lo endlea s;lory bring.
6
. i his wisdom, power, and grace,
M.i\ confidently nust ;
lli> Wisdom guides, his power protects,
Ills grace rewards, the just.
288- (2d Part.) CM.
Worksop 31, Ludlow 84.
Tru.t in God promoted by grateful
Recollection.
DEAR Lord! why should I doubt thy
Or d h believe thy p [love,
Sure thy compassions ne'er remove,
Altho' thou hide thy face.
1 hy sm.les have freed my heart from pain,
hfj drooping spirits cluei'd :
And wilt thou not appear again
Where thou hast once appear d>
3
Hast thou not form'd my soul anew,
And told me 1 am thine !
An 1 wilt thou now thy work undo,
Or break thy word divine?
4
Dost thou repent" wilt thou deny
The gifts thou lust bestoWd
Or, are those streams ol men > dry,
Which ouce so freely flow'd I
Lord' let not groundless fears destroy
The mercies now pot
foi Mearinn l enjoy,
And tTUU for all the rest.
289- 8, 8, 6. 7e<;r.
Chatham 59, Hintoa S7&
Fears rtmtoved—lt ii I ; be not afraid^
John vi. 20.
UNCLEAN I unclean! and full of sin,
From tirst to last, O Loid, I've been!
Deceitful is my heart:
Guilt presses down my burden'd soul;
Hut Jesus i .in the wai es control,
And bid mj tears depart.
2
When first 1 heard his word of grace,
Ungratefully i hid my face, —
Ungratefully debt] I :
Ai length his voice more powerful came,
' I c- I,' be cried, ' I, still the same ;
• Thou need'st not be afraid.'
3
My heart was chang'd ; in that same hour
M) soul confea'd Ins miglrty power;
Out flow'd the briny tear i
I listen'd still to hear his voice ;
Again be mid, ' in me rejoice;
' 'Lis I ;— thou need'st not tear.'
1
1 Unworthy of thy love'.' I cry'd:
' Freely I love,' he soon repiy'd,
' On me thy faith be Staid:
1 On me for every thing depend ;
' I'm Jesus still, the sinner's '.nend, —
1 lliou need'st not be atiaid.'
290- lOrth. Savton.
Old Hundred and Fourth 143, Sussex 70.
/ will trust and not be afraid, Isaiah xii. 2-
BEGONE, unbelief' my Saviour is near,
And for my relief will surely appear;
By prayer let me wrestle, and he will per-
form :
With Christ io the vessel, 1 smile at the storm.
Though dark be my way, since he is my
guide,
'Tis mine to obi \ vide:
l'ho' cisterns be broken, and creatures all
fail,
The word he Ins spoken shall Rifely prevail.
His love, in tunc past, forbids me to think
He'll leave me at last in trouble to sink ;
Lach sweet Ebenezer l have m review.
Confirms his good pleasure to help me quite
thro"'.
4
Determin'd tosave, he watrh'd o'er my path
When, batan's blind slave, 1 sparked With
death ;
And can he have taught me to trust in ha
name.
And thus far have brought me to put me to
shame
L 5
m
" !»irr*.
no tew:
Thru' reiuh tribulation muvt h*. >
6
.. tunic;. Oiixli
lliiwaywat much rougher amid..:..
>', my' Lord, suffer, and thaU I re-
And then, oh, how plcaiant the conqueror",
•oof I
I M
HPT the man who findi ihc grace-
'■ore,
• -li ilut twceiljr worka bv !
. gaint.
;>:™antnr5V,
« iih her.
lie find*, who wisdom apprehends,
Davattfcr.
Lcwion JO, Rowio
■ .ijoknfillvu-
BUST rr.cn, wl>o stretch thru willing
Sobminnc to Ihrir I <>r.1\ command*,
-m death1
■f heart thai. -
And teach Bar, uniting, i. exptrc
If nature at the tiul shake,
:.amc» dra*
w ilh relet, i-
•fUtwUlt tread the l-
M. aWUbaw.
Bed: House 113.
met.
\ \ ' all their might,
itolk
r real;
n flame;
Religion «
Ihe top of ZionS hill
And all thoae |»-
1 rotn thee •)<
Great - adescension II
Ztal for Godi or, tmtimt for tit Xlm
CM*.
II calh, sod tuffrnnr.
V i
At thou hut done. «n would I do ;
At thou ail, would | be.
•i
■
"
me;
i tmcut prove
4
Depending on th? tov*reiga grace,
.
' ng mind thy footaseua trace,
Oh, let me run the chrtttun race
w nh diligence and ».
.»Spi mi. and rut Grace.
l>o all to duty lead.
■
■ wn and hel. —
\ < »• mier«ul as thss
tar a (lowing teal.
Tbote who to Chmt for refuge nee
Jhov.
Our Prophet. I
aWth truued asd cfjefU
QV-l
TIIK CHRISTIAN.
■ .11 179, CouJ
The Ckri.ti m MMfcMA— ' I
to hi
WITH melting hear! ami weeping eyes,
ncs;
fcscape that vengeance due l
Till now, I viw no danger nigh ;
Wrapt m it and pride,
1 1 bluil hj\c peace, .u last,' l
3
But when, great God' thv light divine
one on thi> dark toul <.t a
Then I beheld, with irembtin
The terrors of thy horj law.
4
Ireadfhl, now, my guilt appears,
i In chil . acid growing \eur»!
.: m I !
' 5
.nee still my soul pursue,
Death and destruction are iny due;
Yet mercy can my guilt forgive,
And t id a dung sinner live.
'•
'i-red word proclaim
• in Jesus1 name?
. 1 look, and humbi;
e a wretch condemn'd 'to die :'
"art/ CM.
i Abridge 201, Ann's 5b, Llenborough 170.
The prt.it Questhn ,i'. .
IS there, in heav'n or earth, who can
A wrett hed mortal
Make a poor lep'rous sinner clean •—
Redeem an helpless slave?—
in appease an angry God?
Relieve a burdeu'd
In whom a soul, o'erwhehrTd with guilt,
May ease and safety find ?
Tes» there is One, who dwells on high,
That can do this and more ;—
A being of unbounik
And uncontrolled power—
4
iel i> his name • who once,
i th' accursed tree,
Bore ;'.e v^i we ght of all their i
arden'd, to him ftte.
5
But n>w h~ fires— he ever lives,
And pleads what he hath done:
Whilst God ten thousand crimes forgives.
Through his aton;r2 Son
I to thy feet n
And there will prostr
Be thou propitious to v..
And l shad neve* die.
. 3,7. D. T:<
Trowbridge 21, Welsh .10, Taleinade 239.
Supplicrting—
ft. 47.
JESUS ! full of all compassion,
Heai thy humble suppliant^ < ry ;
let me know il jinn
i languish, taint, and die.
<2
Guilty, but with heart relenting,
i helm'd with helples
•
Send, Oh send me, quick relief!
3
[Whither should awretch be f!
But to hnn who comfort g:\
Whither, from the dread of djing,
But to him who evei
4
, [While 1 view thee, wounded, grieving,
n the cursed
Fain I'd feel my heart belie.
That tiiou surfer'd'-t thus for me.
5
With thy righteousness and Spirit,
I am more than ange
Heir with thee, all things indent, —
Peace, and joy, and endle- .
6
Without thee, the wc;'.
I should be a wretch undone; [ing,
Search through heaven, — the land of hk»s-
Seeking good, and finding none.]
Hear then, blessed Saviour, hear me !
•ul deaveth to the du>t ;
Send the Comforter I
Lo: in thee I put my tru>t.
On the word thy blood hath sealed
my everlasting all;
Let thine arm be now revealed ;
: >tav me, Ic
In the world of endless ruin,
Let it never. Lord, I
ling
Ibt boasted saviour's aid!*
10
Sav'd !— the deed shall spread new glory
Thro' the shj
{
All eitraptui .
I HE l IIKKI IAN.
siori i Cooktmm 36.
1 1 em tit St. ■
f> R.M
2
Wealth 11
* ilt,
■Utll :
. -r cUc i die.
V
All un
1 jm n<
I
Give ok
Thou ,e the lo»t,
Give me Chn»:.
lie:
Give ni .
Father, .own'
Coinc and u\<
Brd(or<\ DlfAUMftflM.
;<•, l»jr C«# — 04 «n» «w, P»
cbc these 1 lowngt un besiow ,
\s huh thuns the c
behold.
of ua
Wr.;
• • . m impenitence , and thaw
A bu
.lone '
- upon thi word,—
!«e —
tite:
t heart,
ind nefbgcacc
'• » tiKh By neart at prof
. thai I
'« pa*
' to wi
Am!
Tt>e :
without,
■creed.
L.M. Df.DUtrtdgt.
MarkS 65, Howie*
Choonr.g tkf bttltr Pari, Luke I. 4*.
1 ^
rnrire tint rovinc treachYou* heart,
••• \ better part,
the inflei at m tUj
that nuoe can take away.
Ml all say treaauxn wiin me bear.
1 be aifh.
To find ten tbwuiaad* world* m ibec.
297- (Second Part.) IS. 6.
Wenoury Letfh '.T8. Broadaaead 15a
jUmiriMg ik/Uvt^GUtm I
MT God' thy bound** lore we prane
-
•
THE CH1USTIAN.
C99
th.it |ild* the vernal ray—
Adorn- the tl>. i vay —
Perfumes the breathing ealci
Uiat loads the plenteous ('lain,
\\ nh blutluna tiuiis ami golden grain,
.Anil siniie> o'ei evY) vale.
3
Bin, in thy GotpeL it ap|>ears
'. r fairer i haractera,
And charms the rav ilh'd breast ;
Then-, Love immortal leavc> .
To wipe the drooping mourner1! eye,
Anil |ive the wear] rest.
4
. lea a kind propitious God—
- l\ ionr's blood,
The pledge ot sins forgiv*n:
There I aith, bright cherub, points the way
•n> ..; eternal iia\,
•pens all her luav'n.
Then, in redeeming Love, n
M> soul •— and hear a .saviour's voice
Hut i alls thee to the skies:
Above life's cmpt> scenes a-pire —
its sordid caret and mean desire —
And stftzi: th' eternal prize.
(First Part.) S. II. Dr. Doddridge.
Kibworth 249, Eagle Street New 55.
Devoting himself to God, Rom. xu. I.
AND will th' eternal king
So mean a gift reward '
:!'nng. Lord, with joy are bring,
VS Inch thine own hand prepar'd.
We own thy variou-
Ami to thine altar a
The willing victims of thy grace.
And bound with cords ot love.
3
Descend, celestial fire i
The sacrifice inrtame :
So shall a grateful odour rbe,
Thro' our Redeemer's name.
Second Part.' 5. If.
Brodenp's 858, Ayahoe
Co ftru-ard ; or, Difficulties the Occasion of
Prayer and Pleading, Lxod. Mv. 15.
LlKi. unli
it a stand ;
A sea before, an host behind,
And rocks on cither hand.
O Lord' I cry to thee.
And would t
Bid me advance ; and, thro' the sea,
Cteale a new-made wa\.
3
Without Thee, 1 must
Beneath the swelling Hood;
Or fall a prey to those who think
To glut them with my blood.
The tune <•: -'its,
1 h> i hoten nine has
ro manifest ihj powei i- 1 rent,
.And make th] ^lorv seen.
Thou wad b] Abia'm own'd
\ God in tiu e "t need:—
rhou ait Jehcvah-'Jireh tound
B) all of Abia ill's seed.
6
Thy power is still the same ;
On im e I would reij :
\S ill 1 QOU not answer to thy name
To such a worm as I
7
Oh, send delil 'ranee down !
Display the arm divine I
So shall the praise be all thy own,
And 1 be doubly thine.
(3d Part.) L M.
Lebanon 79, Paul's 246.
Renouncing the moral law as a Covenant of
Life ; but admiring it as a Rule of Conduct.
WHEN Jesus for his people dy'd
The holy law was satisfied :
Its awful penalties he bore ;
It can command but curse no more.
2
He having suffer'd in their stead,
The law in cov'nani form is dead,
But rules them with a gentle sway;
And they, with sweet delight, obey.
3
Amazing Love1.— how rich, how free;
That Christ should die for such as «e :
i n m hem e, the holiest duties flow
Of saints abo\e and saints below.
299. (1st Part.) L. M. Dr. S. Slennett.
New Court 17J, Derby 169.
Our Bodies the Temples nf the Holy Ghost,
1 Cor. vi. 19. 1 John v. ft.
AND will the offended God again
Return, and dwell with simul men?
WiB be within i!ii> I
A living temple to his ;
The joyful news transport my breast:
All hail: I err, thou heavenly guest!
Lift up your bea within,
And let the King of Glory in.
3
Enter with a!l thy heav'nly train'
Mete live, ami here for ever icign !
Thy sceptic o'er my passions rwaj ;
Let love command, and I'll i
4
m ience shall submit.
And pay their homage at thy feet;
lo thee lil consecrate my heart,
And bid each rival thence depart.
5
No idol-god shall hold a place
V\ ithin this temple of ihj ^racc :
Dagon before tl
And God in L I ill.
IRISTIAX.
301,30
'cr96.
Jmf/oriKf I -
II say
|ir jnc :
A flimpse — a nniflc flimpw
Thin ihn va.
(3d Part.) i
Kuwle»73, Lanjr.d. r
* of Cod, Pial. xIm.4.
Ts;, nite
:
I
Their »
Demand* an cvcrLisiing x i
One urcam — t
►tuple flood
' h wiih m\ kc ■
woe;
:.eto:
The fulneai mutlii in \
Whcnci i D to mc.
Mjraoul— wi:
le in view —
9Bg w.<i
cloie.
300. 8,**.'
'. otburr-
■ ill I
«
uc>
I nee
A Uraojrr, t.
ihetr ruodidewiW
And »ei
unit) in the »'-
5
re thcic,
mc.
tor w
And an;ehbr<kun mr _
And Je»m bids roe cone.
it vrvant. Lord? replies,
re meet Ihee in (he
An
Kcici\ C rue I
Amsterdam L36.
The Pilgrim's Somg.
an 1 intat l
R
I haste aw
■
Risers to Ihe ocean run.
I id ha embrace
II
1
1 .
thought,
All »
And earth
f tie t
\
excharvr',
D«UiJgt.
•
Bie»"d with 1
•
.. tal i
THE CHRISTIAN
305, 306
lib iii-.-i from »n hi
u n ii.ui I present! the pn^f
I o thine aspirta*, eye,
iround
mac in full -
■ steps alrcad) trod,
waui urge tin way.
introduc'd l>\ thee,
a e our race b
An I. . rown d with \ " fry, ai thj f<
We'll ia> out lamest dm.
i. m. Vr.S.Stamti.
., Bromley 104, DeH
Tit Chri ./i./» mnfart, Fpli. vi. 13—17.
M\ Captain sound* th' lion of war:
■ powers oi hell arc near
: : to arms!' 1 hear him cry,
ars to conqueror to die'.'
. by the animating sound,
I iuM mj eager eyes around ;
Make haste to gird my armour on,
And bid each trembling tear begone.
3
! say helmet ; faith my shit Id ;
. the sword 1 wield:
red truth my loins are girt,
MAnd hoi] teal iaaprrea aa) heart
1 i'd, I venture on the fi^-ht;
i to put my foes to Might ;
us kindly deigns to spread
i, I'.-ir, g banner o'er my head.
5
im 1 tnut;
Uts bleeding cross is all my boast :
Thro' troops of fad hell lea.! me on
lo vkfry, and the victor's crown.
iHih.
Fa^le Street 16, Grove 125, Clapham 18.
The Christian's Spiritual Voyage.
Tit thv command
. 1
launch into the deep,
And lease my native land.
Where sin lulls all adeep:
For thee I would the world resign,
An i U.I to heaven with thee and thine.
Thou art my pilot <t
I each storm
While 1 have
1 trust thy faithfulness and p
DC in the trMnc hour.
Tho' rocks and quicksands deep
Thro' all my passage lie;
Yet Christ will '-arch keep
And guide me with
ior hope shall turn
And 1 each bout'rous itt.rui cuuride.
I I ?ee the land,—
Oh, may I readi tli'.' heavenly shore
Where wind, and wavetdirtresi no more.
;.
w hene'er beealmM l lie,
And storms forheai I
Be thou, dear lord ' still nigh,
Lett 1 should sUlict lOM :
For more the treachYoui cdhn I dread
1 ban tempests buttling o'er a>] head.
o
Come, Holj 6 host I an 1 blow
p rous sale or grace;
Watt me from all \x
To heaven— mj destin'd j
Then, in full sail, my port I'll lind,
And leave the world and sin behind.
30:>- 7*.
lloil.am 294.
Templed— but fiying to Christ the Rjug:.
IESUS' lover cf my soul,
Let me to thv bosom fly,
While the raging billow* roll, —
w bile the tempest still is high!
Hide me, O my Saviour! hide
Till the *torm of life is past;
Safe into the haven guide;
Oh, receive m\ soul at last !
>
Other refuge have 1 none, —
Hangs my helpless soul on thee!
Leave, ah' leave me not alone!
Still support and comfort me!
All my trust on thee is stay'd;
All my help from thee 1 bring :
Cover my defenceless head
With the shadow of thy wing.
3
Thou, O Christ! art all I want:
All in All in thee I find:
Raise the fallen, cheer the faint.
Ileal the sick, and lead the blind :
|Utl tttd holy is thy name,
1 am all unri
Vile and full of sin I am —
Thou art full of truth and grace.
V
Plenteous grace with Thee i* foand— •
Grace to pardon all my sins:
Let the healing streams alound ;
Make and keep me pure within :
Thou of Life the fountain art!
Freely let me take of Thee!
Spring tho-i up within m\ heart,—
Rise to all eternity!
30& (1st Part.) L. M. Dr. D ddridgt.
Lewton 30, Rowk
The ( -l. -'^derated, a
Proof of God's F: .
NOW let the feeble all be 11
And make fehovahh arm
His shield is ..pread o'er ever) samt j —
And thus supported who mail taint!
306,307
THE ( HRISTIAN.
308,
i >um of bell encage
Unli n
A fan
■i in iron
w
(n ji
- good,
306- (2nd Part) Ti Cnftr.
B.ith Abbey 117, Akolcr 231.
ming tkt Cross.
T
But the
below
thnut the ctooj
rer to know
inc.
1 . v
be weedi
spread the uul.
I* give new hie lo praj
feet,—
i:uj keep me there.
Did I men m> trials hrrr —
U
be n'.is'.t.
• neit.
Chard J75, Derby 169.
Tkt Ministry of Angel,.
Gvo*t»of angc!
I Und,
Willi | .^bt!
•jl firet «er.~
I ;ney dwell.
kaow
r% he would ha»c thcrn do i
irel
rreifO^wiU-
• Itcl
"mmmd, they Ay
,'m.ni night an
r all our fear
Aghan the huttue Syrun band
ihe helptew, prophet ttand.
■
And with huchanotulh the I
• »,
l^aa*.
IV BM) »!u,.» a»un.lci brtak>.j
Send, O mr God, vomr angel down,
I o guide and guard my doubtful wit
I p to the realm* of eadleu I
308- CM. St
Charmouth 88, Worktop 31.
tt. liking in Darkmtu ,inJ touting in C«
luiah I. 10.
HM R. graoou* Cod, my humble mo
To thee I brrathe m*
When will the mournful night be gone •
And when my joyi arue ■
( ) could I nuke the claim—
A nd call ihee n. name.
On which thy tawu ilr
lote,
name of |
I WO«il ■
rv aoul in aarknea
Thy word niUnii
Here 1 « hi rcturni,
•eoce nukes n
eiestul peace
row» cease,
Aad all the gloom depart
Then dall my drooping spirit rue,
•« ihy healnv
i ompuiawf u;h
For mag* oi sacred praae.
S. M.
bttPI, llarborough 118.
CnmfUimmt-ri* On J that J irmU, /
ah mot, Rom \
A i
1.1.
311
THE CHRISTIAN.
312, 313
.. I, l>ut cannot love,
. love divine;
imenb have power to move
A soul to I use as mine.
1
I would, but cannot re<d
II h..l\ will ;
know what he appoint! :s best,
Yet murmur at it still.
ild I hut lielirve I
Then ill would easy he:
would, but cannot— Lord, relieve,
My help niuii come from thee !
6
But if indeed I ivould,
1 an nothing do;
tfet the deatfe h something good,
For whuh mv praise i- due.
7
By nature prone to ill,
Till thine appointed hour,
will
m i am of power.
8
inn not crown at length
The work thou hast begun?
\nd with i will, afford me strength
In ail thy ways to run?
T
310. L.M. Beddome.
Virginia '234, Lewton30.
C^mpliiinirtg of Inconstancy.
HE windering star, and fleeting wind,
.. Both represent th' unstable inind :
The morning cloud and early dew
Bring our inconstancy to view.
But clou f, and wind, and dew, and star,
faint and imperfect emblems are ;
HI i there aught in nature be
>o fickle and so false as we.
3
Our outward walk, and inward frame,
Itai if thro' a single hour the same ,
■v. and straight our vows forget,
And then these very vows tepeat.
We sin forsake, to sin return ;
Are hot, are cold, now freeze, now burn;
In leep dtstreta, then rap;ure> reel,
We soar to heaven, then sink to hell.
With tlowmg tears. Lord, we confess
i ' tad uiiNt:-a.it ,
.all these hearts mote fixed be,
Fix'd by thy grace, and hVd tor thee I
311- L. M. Dr. S. S'.ennetl.
Marks 6% L'ivcrston ITi*.
Fridc lamented.
OFT have 1 turn'd my eye within.
And brought to light some latent sin ;
But Pride, the vice I most detest,
Still lurks securely in my bn
Mere with a thousand arts she tries
In dress me m a lair di
lo nuke a gul ronn
Pui •'!) an aogen brighiett form.
She hides my follies from mine eyes,
And litis my \irtues to the skies ;
And while the tp e tells,
Her om n deformitj cdnt eab.
1
Rend, O my God, the veil away,
hi in- forth the monster to the day;
Expose her hideoOJ form to view,
And all her restless power subdue.
So shall Humility divine
Again possess this heart of mine;
And form a tempie for my God,
\\ hich he will make his lov'd abode.
312. CM. Dr. S. Stcnnett.
Crowle 3, Wantage JUL
>ig with God under Affliction.
1IY should a living man complain
W
)f deep distress within,
Since every sigh, and every pain,
Is but the fruit of sin'
'2
No, Lord, I'll patiently submit,
Nor ever dare rebel ,
Yet sure l may, here at thy feet,
My painful feelings tell.
3
Thou seest what Bo >ds of sorrow rise,
And beat upon my soul :
One trouble to another cries,
Billows on biilows roll.
4
From fear to hope, and hope to fear,
My slupwrcck'd soul is tost ;
Till i am tempted m despair
To give up all for lost.
5
Yet thro' the stormy clouds I'll look
Once more to thee, my God :
O fix mv feet upon a rock,
Beyond the gaping flood.
One look of mercy from thy face
\V ill set my heart at •
One all-commanding w«ud of grace
Will make the tem|>csi of
313- 7.6.8.
Clark's 131, Tottenham Court 111.
. ting and returning ; or, the Back-
slider's Pr.:
llsls, let thy pitying eye
J Call back a wand'nng sheep ;
lalse to thee, like Peter I
WOuld fain like Peter weep;
Let me be by e i
On me be all its freeness shewn ;
Turn and look upon me. Lord,
And biealt my heart ot stone.
Mi
THE ( !J:
315,
i tbctc
1
•l 1 have
•
1
And !
vthcnih)
314. CM. FauKttt.
London 1»o, Bangor Z)l.
rettr, Tail ami Rtnvtry, Luke
Hi the powcn of darknea* race
g*te
To U»cd hi> | i
lh »uri>ri*e,
*ian,
He ever knew ihc'man.
human cflort.
imiof WAi ao
Arc \jn<jiii«h'il in ao hour.
Iln firmert nurpote will n.>< nJnd ;
or I .iuil do ihcMinc.
' M. AV
0 th.it 1 istrt ajim Um
fm%\
aviour turn*.
At length the i
i
I
.
Ie bMvawaw ii \ch, v • \ trMa
>AMr*caa*
Look- toflov
.nou,
And let mcuanu more
Soon at the morn tr»e bght re*
And wh*
re maail my aong.
In Tain the tempter ipread km wile*.
lilVdlJ .rtHBlia,
And k
• near the Lord
And uw bit glory »hiae -
■•d ha hair word,
I fJlJ'd each promue mm-
Then to hit aainU I <4ien ipoke
: .':■*;■•;■ "-«■ '- — .
art oalmo.1 l
Now when the eveniof thadc urcvaik.
.n darkne. mourn.;
And wheo the murn the lujht i
sht to me return*.
My prayer* are now a chatt ring oowe,
u» bade, hit free. '
^ promise mecum,e»«,
but«.
'tan threaten! to prevail,
make m> muJ hia i |
lie without delay.
H!6. CM. j*r*>.
Bedford 91, Chaimouth ».
Trmbtrdbmt making Cnia Hrfmti,
DKefugr of m» wear* toul ,
My tamtiDc hopr
To thee I tell each n..nr rnef,
J alone cawix
Anj all my h ,
•u» i.nd where vui; I fleer
my ami would cieare to thee,
If
mi; CHRISTIAN.
3 If*, 3C0
■
vcretgn grace
. i DpUin
ereign grace
•
To breathe my sorrows there;
7
Thy mercy-scat is open still,
Meie let my soul retreat ;
nbie hope attend thy w ill.
And wan beneath thy feet.
317- CM. Dr. DmUn
Cambridge New 7 K Hep! vibah 77.
.on to be ufH ue Chris-
Ham, '.'Tim.
Gli \T Leader of thine brad's host,
W e shout thy conquering name;
- t>eset thee round,
legioni tkd with shame.
2
i complete,
we contend,
. :ain:
By our illustrious Genera] tir'd,
v\ e no extremes would rear;
nt>gle and to bleed,
It ihou, our Lord, lie near.
4
■We'll trace the footsteps thou hast drawn
uraph and rei
jNor shun thj combat and thj
3! 8- 8»7,4. Fa-wcf/t.
Westbury 5 1 , Tre vecca 37.
tg in Go,i, P>. i
0.1, what mc.r
Wherefore art thou th»u CM down •
grieti l>c tum'd to gladness,
ileal fears be gone ;
; j«u$.
And rejoice in his dear name.
What tho' s.u.in> KTOBg temptations
id tease thec.
And thy tmrol m< hnal
II thee with d
Thou shalt c nqucr,
Thro' the Lamu's redeeming blood.
Tho' ten thousand ills beset thee
Krom without jmi from within;
Jesus saith, he'il neY
But will *a\e from Iteil ami >tn :
ihlul
To perform his gracious word.
Tho' distresse> now attend thee,
And ihou tre..
His ri-ht hand slull still
I he'll bring thee home to God j
Therefore praise him.
Praise the great Redeemer's name.
O that 1 could now adore him.
Like the heavenli
\\ ho for ever bow before him,
And unceasing sin^ nil
■ niters!
Wiien shall I your chorus joioT
319- CM.
Brighthelmstone '.OS, Frome 255, Grove
House 143.
The R
FATHER, l : earthly bliss
Thy sovereign will d<
Let this petition use;
' Give me a cairn, a thankful heart,
' From every murmur free ;
i thy grace impart,
' And make me live to thee :
3
4 Let the sweet hope that thou art mine,
trtead;
' Thy presence thro' my journey shine,
4 And crown m> journey's end.'
'
Bath Chapel 26, Sale::
ifmJmu and Prayer, Matt. xxvi. 41.
A I AS what hourly dangers rise!
What snaie» beset mj way!
To heav'n, O let me lift my I
And hourlv watch and praj
2
How oft my mournful thoughts complain,
And melt in flowing tears •
M> weak how vain ;
How strong m\ foes ana f
J
us God, in whom I live,
le cilorts jid,
Help me to watch, ami pray, and strive,
1 no' trembling and aliaid.
i
Increase my faith, increase my hope,
W lien toe'N and tears prevail ;
And bear my fainting spirit up,
Or s<*m ni jiL
5
Whene'er temp tat <>ns fright my heart,
Or lure rm
-part,
dian and my guide.
O keep me in thy heavenly ■
id the tempter dec;
And let me never, never stray,
From happiness and thee
I
KtnjrjLndge 88, Rippon's 188.
Twn l .
:
jest,
.ng |->wcr
bubdue toy sin* and five on
4
. he made mr frcl
.ii every part.
^ ea, more, with hi» own » and he veem'd
Intern to ar?rj\atc m» woe,
m*d,
blasted n
' Lord, 1 tremUme. r-
' VSilt thou pursue Ihjr worm
' 1^ in :
' 1 answer piayer for grace and rait fa :
•ec free ;
■
L 18.
PK IM
t abroad j
.l«ove
i 0 warn our tuuU wit]
Blea'd I*- thv hand. «
But why does that celeMial flower
i i
Andwht reclines il> Ik-id;.
i n, ata> - the languor uVws
I
■
L'nthar,
I
i ■ plain »o much thy own.
X
And thou, hk«d Stint, deign to Wow
■
cvgrow.ani
A fragrance fiateM to our Q
M C .
N I
KJtimg /• Gad.
ula, on wings sublime
Ri»e from ti
Draw bj. .
I he flor.<
Born hy a new relettial birth,
V* hy should we ; D earth •
Vshy gravp at i
to hcasenl .
3
Shall a-if ht beg uile u» on the road,
V* hen we are walking back t. i
F<>r strangers into life w
And dying is but going I
. rwret hour of fall dncharge,
rsgiag w.uh at large.
:
< > u> with our God to dweli.
5
To dwell with Cod, lo leel hu love.
Is the full heaven enjoy 'd nl
And the sweet ciprrtauoa now
h the young dawo of heaven below.
: L.M. F.rmxrtt.
Rtmtm:< ^.'ytktlmdkatix
lim, r>
rpmn\ ^.ledmeoa.
X And made his truth ar*. ::
My hopoand fears an
And comfuru mingle with my sighs.
Thro* this wide wilderness I roam,
n m> blissful haaei
And guard me in thu dangci
nt |.
And oft an absent Cod I muum.
4
il, with various tempests to»Vf,
i . her projects crossed
ry day new straits at
l • nders where the stene will end.
the mount.
in the wilderee* below •
Duih aU thy chii.
wr prsdc and sell must tall,
>*» may be all us alL
THE CHRIST! W
327,328
, v.M. D>. Doddridge.
Sutton 149, Stockport 17.
• Corning of hi- I»rd; or, the
YF. servant-. lA the I Old,
m bii office «.nt,
ml ot his heavenly word,
An.i watchful at hi-
I ft ill your lamps l>c bright,
And trim the golden flame ,
row i"in>. u m bit sight,
ill a his name.
'til your Lord's command j
And while we sp« ak he's near i
tirst signal of hu hand,
And reaJv all api
4
O happy servant he
In sucii a posture found ;
le shall hi> Lord with rapture see,
And be with honour aownVl.
5
shall the banquet spread
\\ it li Ml own bounteous hand,
K that favourite servant's hea I,
Amidst ill' angelic band.
I \1.
Ulverston 179, Lewton 30.
Solicitous of finishing his Course with Joy,
ASSIST us, Lord, thy name to praise
ror the rich gospel ot thy grace;
\nd, that our hearts may love it more,
reach ihem to feel its utal power.
2
A'ith joy may we our course pursue,
*nd keep the crown of life in view ,
rhat crown, which in one hour repays
Hie labour of ten thousand da s.
3
ihould bonds or death obstruct our way,
i their terrors we'll survey,
*nd the last hour improve for thee,
The last of life or liberty.
4
e bonds which may unite
Our souls to their supreme <i(
ne that death whose painful strife
dears us to Christ our belter life:
327. L.M. Dr. Doddridge.
Martin's Lane 67, Portugal ^7.
The Believer committing his departing Spirit
to Jesus.
OTHOU, that hast redemption wrought,
Patron ol touts thj blood hath bought I
To thee oui Spirit we i "inmit,
Mighty to rescue frota (he pit.
S '
Millions of blissful mjuIs above,
In realms of purity and hive.
With songs ot endless praise proclaim
The honours of tin taithtul name.
3
Wh'ii all the powers of nature fail'd,
I In ever constant can- prcvail'ri;
c ourage andjo) thy friendtbip spoke,
When every mortal bond was broke.
4
We on that friendship, Lord, repose,
The healing balm of all oui n
And we. when sinking in the grave,
Trust thme omnipotence to save.
O may our spirits by thy hand
Be gathei'd to that happy band,
\\ ho, 'midst the blessings of thy reign,
Lose all remembrance of their pain.
6
In raptures tliere divinely sweet
One us our kindred souls to meet,
And wait with them dm brighter day,
U Inch all thy triumph shall display !
328. CM. Dr. Doddridge.
Evans's 190, Cambridge New 74.
The Christian Warrior animated and
crowned, Rev. ii. 10.
HARK! 'tis oui -heavenly Leader's voice
From his triumphant teal ;
'Midst all the wart tumultuous noise,
How powerful and how sweet !
'.'
' Fight on, my faithful band,' he cries,
1 Nor tear the mortal blow :
4 w ho (mi in sue h a warfare dies
' Shall speediest victory know.
3
' 1 have my days of combat known,
' And in the dust was laid;
' But theme I mounted to my throne,
' And glorj crowns rm I.
4
' That throne, that glory, you shall share;
' My hands the crown shall give;
■ on the vparkhng honours wear,
1 While Cod himself shall live.'
5
Lord, 'tis enough , our souls are fit'd
\\ itli courage and with love;
Vain are lh' as-saults of earth and
Our hopes are hx'd above.
331,3
[SHIP.
PRIVATF. WORSHIP
i \r. Dr. Mh+ftfeft
Paul'. Hundred 99.
Rttirtmunt amd kitdtiatiom, PuL:
R\ rURN
Seek i.«j
And thy forsaken Go*i im|
r*W« rHcrnr-
:hv pretence nil the
Thro' all the winding <>f m» heart.
Till ill be Kt
\
If. BtJJomi.
'. Portupl97.
U'ti.
G.opprew'dwithtriefv
Some jracioui word ■ I
To tooth tlie aorrowa «>i n
Hum i
i
•tic n«n
i
I'll tear
i
:
: M. PrtuJt'
Magdalene 214, Paun 945.
\V
Alui
And what am I '-Mr »ou1, awake,
And an m
■
In thought, and wuiri, and action
Searcher of hearts o »earrh n.
I
,'r>ear
*'nrh o'er my head
■
6
Mai I .r vorld arnre,
Uhc: I
And jive full proof that he t.
one gkwmr doubt m
«uth «, Bedford 91.
1"
there,
e to page;
.MliH'V
rherc M] t
A
nfioTt
.t'lwin-.i,
r,335
FAMILY WOU
rAUlLY WORSHIP.
( M.
Great Milton 112, Matthew
Going to a new Habitation.
Gki \T Q«d* where'er we pitch our tent,
.
re with humble name present
O-i: use.
we g:\c • «nr health and strength,
• health and strength shall last ;
nre usesaaa buaabtj trust,
(>asi.
I. M. Steelf.
114, BontevSV.
trwtJaw'j nobis.: Resolution,
Joshua wi.
AH, wretched souls who strive in vain,
to the world, and slaves to 5111
toil may I sustain,
A nob.cr satisiaction win.
• with all my heart,
. my powers to serve the Lord,
:i his precept, e'er depart,
\\ huse service is a tich ieward.
J
, O be his service all 11.
1 let my example same,
, Till others love the blessVa employ,
'in in labours so divine.
i
- the purpose of my soul,
D) determine choice,
Id to hts supreme control,
Anu in his kind commands rejoice.
3
O may I never faint or tire,
ag leave hi- sacred ways:
Great God. accept my soul'-
And give me strength to live thy praise.
335- L.M. Dr. Doddridge.
Portugal 91, Dbostoa 179.
F.imily Religion, Gen. xvui. 19.
FR of all, thy care we
\\ huh crowns our families with peace;
From thee they spnng, and by thy hand
. are still sustain'd.
vorthy to be j
i imestic altars rais'd ;
I >rd or heaven, scorns not to dwell
..ins in their 1 iiscurest cell.
To thee may each united house,
Morning and night, present us vows;
Our servants tliere, and nuns
Be taught thy precepts, and thy grace.
O mjv each future age proclaim
The ho:'
•asM and thankful we remove
To join the lamily above.
N
Pr.iy > . \)jy by
iven to God.
Gki A r (Aid, now < ondetcead
Soon mj) their willing spuitsbend
To thj victorious grace!
i vast delight
Their happiness to see!
Our wannest w iihes all unite
1 0 lead their souls to thee.
Dear lord, thy Spirit pour
Upon our infant seed,
O bring the long'd-for, happy hour
1 hat makes them thine indeed.
4
May they receive thy word,
1 the Saviour1* name,
Then follow their despised Lord
Thro" the baptisiii.il stieam.
5
Thus let our favour'd race
Surround thy -acicd board,
There to adore thy sovereign grace,
And sing their dying Lord.
7. CM. Dr.Dodiridge.
Condescension 116, New York 33.
Christ's condescending Rrg.ird to little Chil-
dun, Mark x. 14.
S; [ Israeli gentle Shepherd stand,
1-engaging charms;
Hark, In tender lambs,
And folds them in his arm-
2
1 Permit them to approach,' be
rn their humble name;
For "tw.i- 'Uls as these,
I he Lord ot angels came.
3
We bring them, Lord, by fervent prayer,
And \icld them up to thee;
Joy;ul that we ourselves arc thine,
Thine let our otispnng l>e!
4
- near ;
And tly with transport to receive
The blessings of his pi
5
If oq>hans they are left bd
Thy guardian care we trust ;
That care -hall heal our bleeding hearts,
It weeping o'er their dust.
338, 339
WnKMlir
340,3
HIP.
338 HH»h. b I.JVm •
CUptutn l&, Dartmouth 46, Greenwich
Sru
On oftn:ng J Plait of H'ortkip.
I rain*
•tli he rcigru,
He, wit: trols,
Hi. thr.mc of jracc d
And w .nine:
It with hu unties and presence blest.
Then, Y . < ■me.
■ wn :
eneatn
I - 0 icign to diew
dwell with m< i
t sound,
ma\ th' attentive throng
thj truth and lovr,
' c ion j
round th? board,
An l
W htle temples stand, and men
Downen.l
L.M. Dr. DoJdridtt.
Chard 17%, Vsarrham 111
Ok optmimg a Platff Wonkip.
G
These *
the treat Redeemer reign
V* ith all the [i kin;
:.»ine lu» wont .
net loci, and
4
• l»ere.
340. C.V
Abridge JO I, Bcdlxi
On optnint a Phctjor kx.
D\ \K fhtftm , le, hear,
■' »ence now n
a.t given a pia
Within these * . -ace,
I
The s» :.eal.
J
Shew us some token of thy love,
thjbiesMac
And mat the giMprl't josful soand.
Awaken man) sinnerv round
place.
S. M. Dr. S. Strwnttt.
Tit PUamrt mf mcial Wortkip.
Harming u the piaoe.
Who* im K
■.
Where Jes
I
rilh ihu,
i pra\ ci i and met
lie Usiens to then bruWen sight.
And granu thcin a.
nwill
mdk»t
(4ace
LIC WORSHIP.
344,345
In. Turv.tr.
| 147.
: rship.
OKI) ot hosts, how lovely Uir
Y Vn on earth tin templet aic!
m aitfo| people
ih ot heaven ami umih of thee.
*raciout preset
Bl'» that N.»t triiN .ill inn
t*i hoi] lire
iui hcaits with pure desire.
iiiy throne,
u mak'st thy glories known,
hteoui wart,
Taete tin love, and ring dr* praise.
1
• ot joy
I
more,
Till trom earth to heaven we
313- L.M. Steele.
I^ngdon 217, Chard 175.
The H,ifl>iness of humble Worship, Ps. lxxxi
How lovely, how divinely sweet,
o i .>: ourts appear!
uould my longing passions meet
•ne> ot thy presence there.
_■
■ O, blest the men, blest their employ,
thy miulgent tavoui
I idei ot joy,
An i sing tl.v DOver-ceauog praise.
J
- the men whom strength divine
w ind am! imping ,
way incline,
, ucarts and warm de-
4
thin thy sacred gate
i thousands in the tentt ot state:
neanesi place is bliss with thee.
5
s a sun ; our brightest day
l, thro' all the way.
n unrounding :
h
lie pours hi> kin lest blessings down,
And grace shall guide, and glory crown,
I The happy fav'ntes ol his care.
ion G«xl of grace,
| Ho* blest, divine; -
trusts thy love, and
And fixes all lu» hopes on thee!
f. If.
Rraincoatc 9, Lewton 30.
Delight in God's House and Confidence in
htm, Psalm xwu.
THOU, Lord, my tafetj, thou my light,
w hat danger -•hall my soul a)
Strength of my liter what arm shall date
To hurt whom thou ha>t own'd thy caret
-'
One w.nIi, with holy transport warm,
My heart has torm d, and yet shall torm;
One i^ 1 1 1 I ask, that to m\ end
Kan lion's dome 1 may attend ;
3
ful End a sure abode,
v the beaut] of mj 1 1
lor he within his hailow'd shrine
Mi lecxei refuge sii.di ■
4
When thou, with condescending grace,
nasi bid me seek thy turning
My bean reply'd to thy kind word,
1 hee will 1 >eek. all-^i ai iout Lotd.
5
Should every earthly friend depart,
And nature leave a parent's heart ;
My God, on whom my hopes depend,
Will be my father and my rriend.
6
Ye humble souls, in every strait,
wait-
Ills hand shall lite and strength altord;
O ever watt upon the Lord.
345- S.M. Dr. JVntts's Lyrics.
Price's 1S7, Hopkins's 157.
Forms vain without Religion.
ALMIGHTY Maker, God:
How wondrous is my name !
Thy glories how diffused abroad
1 hi" the creation's frame!
9
Nature in every dies
Her humble homage pays,
And rinds a thousand ways t' express
1 hint* undtssembled pia.se.
3
My soul would rise and sing
I o her Creator too;
Fain would my tongue adore my King,
And pay the worship due.
4
[But pride, that busy sin,
ill tlut 1 perform,
Cuts'd pride, that creeps securely in,
And swells a haughty worm.]
5
Create my soul anew,
tlse all my worships vj.n ;
This wretched heart will ne'er be true,
Until 'tis form'd a<;ain.
o
Let joy and worship spend
1 he remnant ot n)
And to my God, my mil astend
In sweet peitumes of praise.
F
woK-uir.
II!
' far Ikl
T
rod;
'»»uo ctnpl'7,
lag.
Be p<v •" thee,
ndctl knee
rlf thy fneod !
■)■ guard
i
■
•ulc all licr H
n, hail'
Th» t
me flowi.
Aloe
^ your I Rtdtrmer, P
11.
■nlf trace,
humble U;i,
jmi Mi iprm*.
ler buaoa m>,
.ihdemanda,
» | then
> ;>cjti» thall plunge ho dart in at.'
-bore.
. ott iui
s v4m hnj
\r. ;. it r.»un<)
I i.;i'ti{. and |
rPowen umc
i , - ....
- rr.Act ruaglonei knui
■> .
Dying uooen |
Rowlc '.J, Mjgiair
ThtSabbafL
AvorkMdoM,
.
Reiun .
iluiUnl
i»lca the lord. *h-
» txm to weaned omul* ,
-. an anlepa»<
And gitesthuday the food o< »c»en.
i thai tweet i
w .ik :.nooe but be thai
4
rait cahm, wi
r pledge of ftonoui re»t,
lhc end of cam, the end of paiam.
wetbiak
c luture
w ,
■Mil
In hoJT.Juwr. let the
* ret. a »i bath tbwa i. ■
la :. ptd ac MM r.r ■ k. „, BM I
LORD'9 DAY.
351, 35*
Carter Lane 141, Dartmouth 46.
A Hymn for hordes Day Morning.
A\s \KF, "ur droa \ nub,
thful band ;
our n< mand :
Auspicioui m tl rayi
aphs liail in songs ul praise.
At thy approaching dawn,
Reluctant death rrsign'd
The glorious Prince
In dark domains conrin'd ;
Th' angelic host around him bends,
And 'midst their shouts the God ascends.
3
All hail, triumphant Lord !
lh-.iven with hosann.is ri
While earth, ia humbler strains,
the response
4 \\ OTtfij art thou, who "tvv w.i>t -bin,
• Thro' i to live an i reign.'
•I
Gird on. great Gc i. thy rword,
Ascend tin ;un(]uering car,
\\ hile justice, truth, and love,
Maintain the glorious wai :
Victorious thou, thy foes sh.ilt tread,
And sin and hell in triumph lead.
5
Make bare thy potent arm,
And wing th' unerring dart,
U ith saiutan
To each relu I
' Then dying souls for life shall sue,
■ drops of morning dew.
JO- CM. B .
salcm U>.>, New York 33.
A Hymn for the Evening of the Lord's Day.
FREQUENT the day of God returns
•t its quit kentng beams;
A.- 1 \ct how slow devotion burns:
How languid are its flames:
Accept our faint attempts to love,
Our frailties. I
We would be like thy saints above,
And praise thee while we live.
3
ir faith and hope,
And tit us to I
Where the assembly ne'er breaks up,
The salbaih ne'er shall end ;
I
Where we shall breathe in heavenly air,
Willi heavenly lustre shine;
the throne of God appear,
And feast on love divine;
5
t W here we, in high seraphic strains,
Mull all our powers emploj :
Delighted range th' ethereal plains,
And take our rill of joy.
If. Cennick.
Brighthclmstonc 'JOS, Providence College 10.
Lord's Day Evening.
fTTREN, o dear Jesus, when shall I
\ V Behold thee a!l serene ;
perpetual sabbath-day,
\N ithout a veil between?
Assist me, while 1 wander here,
Amidst a world of i
Incline my heart to pray with love,
And then accept mv pr avers.
3
[Release my soul from every chain,
No more hell's captive led ;
And pardon a repenting child,
Foi whom the Saviour bled.
4
Spar- me, my God, O spare the soul
Thai gives itself to thee;
rake all tint I possess below,
And give thyself to me. j
5
Tliy Spirit, O my Father, give,
To be my guide and friend,
To light my path to ceaseless joys,
To sabbaths without end.
351- (2d Part.) L. M. Dr. Watts.
Portugal 97, New Sabbath 122.
Lord's Day Evening.
LORD, how delightful 'tis to see
A whole assembly worship thee!
At once they sing, at once they pray!
They hear of heav'n, and learn the wav.
%
I have been there, and still would go;
Is hke a little heaven be!'
Not all that hell or sin can -.v.
Shall tempt me to forget this day.
3
0 write upon my mem'ry. Lord,
1 he text and doctrine oi thy word ;
That I may break thy laws no more,
But love thee better than before.
4
With thoughts of Christ, and things divine,
Fill up this foolish heart of mine ;
That, hoping pardon thro' his blood,
1 may he down and wake with God.
352- L M.
Gloucester 12. Lebanon 79.
The Etern.il S.ilbith, Heb. iv. 9.
THINE earthly sabbaths. Lord, we love,
But there's a nobler rest above;
To that our labouring souls aspire
With ardent pangs of strong desire.
2
No more fatigue, no more distress;
Nor sin, nor hell dull teach the place;
No groans to mingle with the songs
Which warble from immortal tongues.
[SHIP
Z'jj, 3>
v
N
I
W iih ardent panp of tfrong ucvrc.
liLFORE PR »
I If. fetter.
Portugal PT, L»m<i..:
Lxkor till torn
OKTl,
\\
'
Restraining praver, wr rcaic to nc»w ,
.r bright;
. in ttembleafwhrn h<
Acii >j.at u;>on ttu knees.
ink again,
..UC.
ilf i he hreath thus vainly {pent
.m in tup)*,
ecrlui song, v
• Hear what the Lord !.a» done for mc f
Cooktun 36, Stocl 16*.
I :kom bUu hu,
Her
L| rannot let t
i
Mine** an urgent pieMing I
U a»k mc *»..<> I Jin f
ce
h t<h..ll.
Mho
up Out thou '
etc:* need .
mutt maintain my hold,
r» makes ne ooid;
N4. Ummmdjm
Ludlow B4, Cruwtc J.
(
AM mjj
tki
rho«r breau
4 111 go to Jesus, Iho* my »tn
• llath like a mountain ruae ;
enter in,
ver may or
oppose :
.i \srrt. I.
' Without hit sovereign grj
King approach,
' Whi'tf Meptxe pa.
Per I j|» he may comaMM any tourl
' And then Use suppliant ..
Perhaps he will admit my plea,
i|n «rili hear my pi ..
But if 1 pensh I wUI ,
' And perssh only there.
tpen
1 I am re*olsM
* I tnu>;
But if I die wuh mercy sought.
When 1 Die King i
Thu were to die del.ghtiul thought1)
m daed.
Lagie Sireet New SS, Erode;
A Sr*tn Hurt, and a btnSmg Jj
U.«d.
Uf such a
,338
BEFORE SERMON.
3j9, 360, 3(11
I hnst, the bleeding Lamb,
M\ i.i. di directi In
U m.iw i--:c( I that woithless thing.
But not his sacrifice.
3
\\ bra ho gave up the ghost.
The law was Mt*T
And now to its most rigorouj claims,
i answer, ' Jerai died.'
I M. Beddome.
Kipt.on's lbts Ulven>tone I7i>.
i/o/v Boldness.
SPRINKLED with reconciling blood,
1 dare approach thy throne, () God;
e no downing aspe< t wears,
iand no vengeful thunder bean \
g
Th' encircling rainbow, peaceful sign !
Doth with refulgent brighnteu thine j
And while mv taith belu Ids it near,
I bid farewell to ever} tear.
3
I et me my grateful homage pay ;
V\ ittl courage ling, with fervour pray j
And, tho' myseU a wretch undone,
Hope tor acceptance thro' tl.v Son —
4
Thy Son, who on th' accursed tree
I d to set the vilest dee;
On this 1 build my only claim,
And all 1 ask is m his name.
3."» 3- 8,8,6. J.Straphan.
Chatham 59.
The Lord's Pr.i\,r. Matt. vi. 9—13.
OUR Father, wbi ■ eterni •
I he . right angelic hosts obey,
O ! lend a pit] ing ear ;
When on ihy'awtm name we call,
And at thy teet submissive tall,
O ' condescend to hear.
2
Far may thy glorious reign extend,
May rebelt to ti.y iceptre bend,
And yield to sovereign love:
Ma\ we take pleasure to fulfil
i -i.i tat>', it th] will,
As angels do above.
3
From thy kind hand each temporal good,
Our raiment and our daily food,
in rub abundance come:
Lord, give us still a tresh supply.
It thou withhold thy hand, we die,
And rill the silent tomb.
4
Pardon our sins, O God- that rise
And call for vengeance from t
And while we are forgiven,
Grant that revenge ma] never rest,
And malice harbour in that breast
That tecls the love ot heaven.
us |n the dangerous hour,
And iioiii the wil] tempU rt power
( ) ■ si t our spirits free:
And it temptation should sstail,
M.i\ might] i.rai e "Yr all prevail,
And lead our beard to thee.
f>
I hine is the power, to
The constant tribute of our songs,
All glory to thy name:
1 1 1 every creature join our lays,
In one resounding act of praise
Tbj wonders to proclaim.
HYMNS BEFORE SERMON.
;.')!». L if. Dr. S. Stennett.
Portugal 97, Wareham 1 17.
sung betiveen Prayer and Sermon.
WiiT.KF two or three, with sweet accord,
obedient to their sovereign Lord,
Meet to recount his acts of grace,
\:i I mi. cr solemn prayer and |
• There.' says the Saviour. ' will I l-»,
' Amid this little company ;
' To them unveil my smiling face,
' And shed my glories round tiie place.'
3
We meet at thy command, dear Lord,
Relying on thy faithful word:
Now send thy Spirit from above.
Now rill our hearts with heavenly love.
360. CM.
Great Milton 212, Condescension 116.
1 Cor. iii. t>, 7.
Ier tongue.
And Paul's with strains profound,
Diffuse among the listening throng
The gospel's gladdening sound.
I
K'siis, the work is wholly thine
m the heart anew;
Y" ■ let thy sovereign grate divine
Each stubborn soul subdue.
361- H2th. F.m
UlTculm 93, Carey's 11, Hoxton 1.1
Before bermon.
THY presence, gracious God, 3°
Prepare us to receive thy word:
Now let thy voice engage our i.^T.
And faith be miv'd with what wc hear:
! nus, Lord, thv waiting >>ervantsbles;
And crown thv gospel with success,
r 3
!
-HIP
-4,36;
% thought* and cam remove,
1
To ut the iacred word apply.
father, in ut thjr Son rc\ eal ;
? power an<i .
Lkor. I iuble»,
Ami tiown ti.y got]
36! : M.
Longing for lh>
I Sam
Lndiee
ii,
work again.
rnpart,
iic-arl;
And let
.:n n :: ■. •. .
^•nce in i
Bach Chapel 26, Mtchaell 119.
The Trtentu of the Co/ptl.
Hlhe {race
lew,
The mightiest Vine, and meannt ilare
None ar- I thotc
lb* iguoraot and n
Ti36.
LORD, we rone before ihee now,
At I
Mtn'
In thy own appointed way.
Sow we *eck thee, here we «tay;
■
Till a Uewng t
Send mom airiagr from my word,
..nd peace afford ;
now impart
e in thee.
f.n<i
Portugal 97, Honley MS, Gou
The Poo/ of Bttketda, John
T T -ng, thou faithful God. thall 1
1 1
vs hen thall the mean* of hcikar be
. meb ol thy pace to me'
\;>.nng at the pool.
Thou cov'nant angrl. m
To-day thine own appointment
*er into the meant
And ctve them now their
4
Thou teen me hing at the poo*,
I would, thou know* I would, be whole;
l-d water* move,
:«ahog lotc.
T*jf/.j<r>%/ ColUcium.
D
. help thr
hod I
BEFOKi; SERMON.
70, 371
I M
Islington \ \ Lcbai
I like v. ">. John 1 1
Now while the gospi
Do thou, o I t own ;
From nwaerooa disappointments past,
'l c.K h un in Hope m thee alone.
I be I much-favour 'd hour
To souls m Satan'-, bondage led ;
the thy word with sovereign power
To break the rocks anil raise the dead!
3
T<> mourners speak a cheering worl,
On seeking souls vouchsafe to ihioe ;
Ana all tin saints in praoei
4
[O hear our prayer an. I give us hope
That, when thy voice shall <ail un home,
Thou still wilt raise a people up
To love and praise Hue ni our room.]
367. S. M. Beddome.
Harborough 142, Wirksworth 159.
He beheld th, : over it,
John xiv 41.
TT\1D Christ o'er sinners «
JLx And shall our cheeks be dry f
Let Hoods of penitential grief
Burst forth from ew
The Son of God in
.- with wonder see!
Be thou astonish'd. I
He shed those tears for thee.
3
He wept that we might weep,
Each sin demands a tear ;
In heav'n alone no -in is found,
And there's no weeping there.
368. 8. 7. 4.
Helm ves63.
J Blessing requested.
COMF. thou soul-transforming Spirit,
Bless the sower and the seed :
lei each heirt thy grave inherit.
Raise the weak, the hungry feedt
From the gospel
ipply thy people's need.
O may ail enjoy the I I
Which thy word's design^ to give:
Let us all, thy 1.
Joyfully the truth ret i
And forever
To thy praise and glorv live I
Bcthesda 112, Carmarthen New
• ni. 35—33.
SINFUL, and bimd, and poor,
And lost without th]
Thy men y I imp
ind wail to see th
i lit by the w I
And long to know the Crucify'd,
David, hear;
If now thou passesi by,
Stand >ti 11 and call me near;
The darkness from my heart remove,
w me now thy pardoning love.
370. L.M. I ■ ifcme.
Cooml n M.
Tky Kimgd ■ vi. 10.
ASCKND thy tl rone, almighty King,
\nd spread thy glories all al
Let thine own arm salvation
. thou known the gracious God.
•1
Lei millions bow before thy seat,
Let humble mourners seek tl
Bnn^ daring rebc
Subdu'd b) thj victorious .;:
3
O let the kingdoms of the world
Become the kingdoms of the Lord ;
Let saints and angels praise thy name,
Be thou thro' heaven and earth ador'd.
371. L. M.
Wareham 117, Green's Hundred S9.
Ezekiel's Vision of the dry Bones,
Ezek. xxxvii. 3.
LOOK id, with pitying eye;
See AdamS i.i. e in ruin lie;
Sm spreads its trophies o'er the ground,
And scatters slaugnter'd heaps around.
And tan the <e mouldering corpses live?
And can these perish 'd bones revive'
d, to thee is h
That WOad*TOUS work is all tl
3
Thy ministers are sent in vain
To prophesy upon the slain ;
In vain they call, in vain they cry,
Fill thine almighty aid
4
But if thy Spirit deign to br
Life spreads thro' all I :^ath;
Dry bones obey thv powerful voice ;
I'liey move, they waken, thej rejoice.
So when thy trum)K-tN awful sound
shall shake the heav'ns and rend the ground,
ints shall from their tombs 11
And spring to life beyond the skies.
-HI!'.
•
IIY!
< M.
Bath < -w York 33.
' ikt S*u<rr, W
N'<m, I tmi, ti.e r,ca*rT;'.. k-cI
Be M
if to bring flown.
In tain wr plant without tlune asd,
**nd down thy ki.
'1 hearts and tongues
Lord, hast given the rich increase,
Street 16.
O
i iae.
And tl ,r»e praise.
Denbigh M, tow*
■lsend,
x:end:
■
tinr,
1
And •
And higher ar
VI. Tnftad^: C*thcti>m.
I *ter 96, Salem U9.
tkt acctfttd Tim*.
•uls, and flee away
il ><«ur wounds }
n 'ire grace abound*.
U
•nd tare his Son
,nt- to auai L>» faith.
it nan.-
CM.
Bedford 91, Abridge 201.
\V7
bear
iart.) L. M
Paul's C46, GoukJ.
Tkt conimmJ Simmer tmem
W» the trembiing nar.
I
And d. i
jbled soul, drama I
Hear, lewii »pcaks Be
l
And tl>ou sha.i »ise.
- I.M. Dr.
An*
X* Iknmgk Christ ahrnt, )<*.-
Hi :i the sons of men appear,
Oetore th.ne a«tul bar •
Mtnd'
. met broken cries
'■
■
•
i Kale,
377 — 3S0
AFrER SERMON.
381, 38:
7$.
uq MS, Hed it* v, BothaaSM.
ensures oj Religion.
»"T"MS religion that can |fve
X - BUrei while »c live;
igion must supply
Solid comfort when we die.
After death, its joys wilt be .
■1 eternity '
Be the living God my friend,
:i) hits shall never cud.
Rowles 73,
L If.
Portugal 97.
Habbakuk iii. 17, 18.
IS Jesus mine: Im now prepar'd
To meet with what 1 thought most hard;
Ye-, let the winds of trouble blow,
Ofortl melt aw.is like snow:
No bla-icd trees or tailing crops
Can hinder my eternal
e, the lord's the same,
Then let me triumph m his name.
379- 7s.
Dcptford 124, Turin 24 1.
Help, Botea xiii. 9.
SFLF-dcstroy'd, for help 1 pray :
Help me. Saviour, from above,
Help me 10 believe, obey,
Help me to repent, and love ;
Help to keep the graces given.
Help me quite from hell to heaven.
380- C. M.
Abridge 201, Grove House 143.
Felix trembling, Acts xxiv. 24,25.
SF.E Felix, cloth'd with pomp and power
rodent bride,
Attend to hear a prisoner pieach
The Saviour cruufy'd.
I
He well describes who Jesus was,
His glories and his love,
How be obeyM and Mel below,
And reigns and pleads above.
3
Felix up starts, and trembling cries,
' Go for tins tunc away,
4 I'll hear thee on these points again
1 On some convenient da\ .'
4
Attention to the words of life
Let Fcltx thus adjo.irn ;
: -t us make these solemn truths
.st and last concern.
381- S M.
Eagle Street New jj, Vermont 13 i.
. r, 1 Chron. iv.9, 10.
Ol M vT the Lord ia
• Would me ins servant bless,
•. ei> evil shield my nead,
' And ciown my paihs with |
' Be his almighty hand
' M\ helper and my guide,
Till with his saint- in Caaaanh land
' My poruon he divide.'
(1st Part.) CM.
Brighthelmstone 208, Ann's 382.
Desiring to w.ilt in the Way of Holiness to
Happiness, Psalm lu
LORD God, omnipotent to bless,
Ms supplication hear;
Guardian of Jacob, to my voice
Inline thy gracious ear:
2
If 1 have never yet begun
To tread the sacred r<>j.|,
O teach my wandering feet the way
To Zion's blest ah
J
Or if I'm travelling in the path,
issist me with thy strength.
And let me swift advances make,
And reach thine heaven at length!
4
My care, my ho]>e. my first request,
Are all compns'd in this,
To follow where thy saints have led,
And then partake their bliss.
(2d Part.) C Iff.
Sprague 166, Bedford 91.
Go J Hope if Interest united "vith GrjiitwL:
IF, Lord, in thy fair book of life
My worthless name <ioth stand j
And in my heart the law is wni
By thine unerring ha.ui;
.re, by grace divine,
i); crown above the skies;
And on the road, tiom thy rich stores,
Shall meet wuh tiesh sup; .
I
To thee in sweet melodious strains
My grateful VOiCC 1 11 raise,
But lire's too short, my towers too weak,
To shew forth half ihv praise.
4
Had I ten thousand thousand tongues,
Not one should silent Ik-,
Had 1 ten thousand thousand hearts,
I'd ^ive them all to U
I 5
RSH1P.
Socc
Wlvu rcif
Who c\ shedding hit
I and our God
I in*,
. of pity ami .
re us in lose, wl.ilc here we 1
completed in
thee.
Portugal 97, Brctil
TO him who on the fatal tree
: bit blood, hi* Life for me,
Lteful >tu.n> n.\ vuut I'll raixr,
And in I Lm.
• ninR multitude ru tclJ
ell;
I lost nv
iJl forgiven,
He ever |
111 :• nlil an altar to his name,
And to the world hi* (race proclaim.
J 84- (HI Part.) CM.
Boston 199, Mull I
Kot umtou:. Psalm 1 1
NMtO us, but ther al>
Bless d Umb, be glory given :
praises be begun,
w with tl*e
ng:
. lo! s»e
: Ullclujah* brag.
Had we our tonfu
on our s.
ii we nes
I ill we u
And. wi*
Well K
miir .',
rather
CM.
CaroLr*: lord 106,
Mission an I
■ •■d glorying im the- lard.
- the glory due
:.nguc», and I •
Praise him in tit
<*%
whoa you lei
• i how griictou
8s.
Lock 49, lambeth 71.
I '
,..•:
MsJ
for all U
386- cm. Oh
?ton 61, Great Mu:
riM tit Burden of the Somg.
Till >l '.car Redeemer, dying Lamb,
IBM i
lb] i harming name,
a i be.
O let us
In idc
Our tesi
est wc si
IdcJuKdcc
ime,
When all thing, cbe
ndcr cloud,
ig,
Then will wc sin*, more rssret, more loud,
I tull be our soog.
Benn • fcewateTfcj!
Worthy the
nunc:
18, 3S9
\1 IT.K SEKMOfl
—392
God,
I- tremendous load,
Praise ye nil name i
Tell wh.it hu arm hath d< ne,
\\ ii.it spoils from death ha won ;
I name alone,
Worthy the I
3
While they around the throne
i : lull) join in Diie,
PraJMDI his name I
Those who have fell li^ Mood
II their peace with God,
Sound iii> dear tame abroad,
Worthy the Lamb.
«
. re i.iiisom'il race,
Our holy Lord to I ;
Praise re his name;
In him we will rejoice,
And make a joyful n
Shouting with heart and voice,
Worthy the Lamb.
5
What tho' we change our place,
\ . t we shall never ceaat
I'raiMii i his name i
To him our KMfi we bring,
Hail him out r/racioui King,
sing,
Wortln the Lamb.
! Tlien let the hosts above.
In realms of endless love.
Praise his dear nan
' To him ascribed be
Honour and n
Tin o' all eternit] i
Worthy the 1
frg. L. M. Hart.
Lebanon 79, rlonSeySOS, Manning 215.
At Dismission.
Dl^MIsS us with thy blessing, Lord,
Help us to teed upon thy word,
AH that has been amiss tor;
And let thy truth wuhm us live.
2
Tho* are are guilty thou art good,
W ash all our works in Jcsu's blood ;
Give every teiter'd soul release,
And bill us all depart in peace.
339. 8 7. 4.
HeliThley .23, Wcstbury 51.
At Dismission.
LORD, dismiss us with thy blessing,
Kill our hearts with joy and peace
Let us each, thy love peea
Triumph in redeeming grace*
O refresh us!
i ravelling thro' tins wilderness.
Thanks we give, and adoi.v
i .. i th) Gospel's joyful uMind*
May the fruits ol th) salvation
In our (Rails arid lues abound :
May thy piesence
vv ith us evermore be foun 1 1
3
So, whene'er the si^n.d's given,
Is from eai [li to i all
Borne on angel iven,
Glad to leave our cumbrou
May we ready
Rise and reign in endless day!
390- C. M.
Bath Chapel 26, Brighthelmstonc 203.
Sanctification andGrvuth, Heb. .\iii. 20, 21.
NOW may the Go 1 of peace and love,
Who from th' imprisoning crave,
KtstoiM the Shepherd or the sheep,
Omnipotent to save,
2
Thro' the rich merits of that blood,
\S huh he on Calvary spilt,
To make th' eternal covfuui sure,
On which our hopes are built,
3
Perfect our souls in evcrv grace
T' accomplish all hh
And all that's pleasing in his sight
Inspire us to fulfil:
1
For the <*reat Mediator's sake,
We even blessing pra\ :
With glory let his name be crown'd
Thro' heaven's eternal day '
391- L. M.
Islington 40, Lebanon 79.
The Peace of God shall keep, (jc. Phil. iv. 7.
TWV. peace which God alone reveals,
And by his word or pace imparts,
W hich only the t>eliever feels.
Direct, and keep, and cheer our hearts i
And ma\ the holy 1 hree in one.
The Father. Word, and Comforter,
Pour an abundant blesint; down
On ever) soul assemlkd here I
\ 8, 7. Sewton.
W eMi 210, Jewin Street 222.
May the Grace, Z3c. 2 Cor. xiii. 1 k
MAY the grace of Christ our Saviour,
And the ratlicr's boundless love,
With the Holy Spirit's
Rest upon us from above !
Thus may we Abide in union
W ah each other a;' i
And possess, in sweet communion,
Jo. s which earth can not afford.
I 6
—
—399
DOV
•uae »i3, Coodetcet
I
ranh aod
|.» n.
v M BuLhmt.
Aynh.< 108, Tntx\ 187.
T"' '
1 :
Br un.'. •
v.
i>noun paid,
-
. '!. Bf. Km.
Magdalene J14, Old Hundred 100.
DRAW Cod ;n all blewiap
104.
Sumci 70, Hanover 130.
G. God. >c children of i
,.U. J. abroad, again awl
The Soo*i flor.ou* merit, the lalhci >
Tl* |ifu o( the Spirit, to Adam** lott
397- (I* Part.) |
FPfM,
Thou die God whom we adore;
- image u» rr
-:nal
Praurt to thee cv«
(9dPart.) f. 8.6,
Baltimore 167, Bruadmead 150.
Tcr, Son, aod Holy Ghott,
Be pfaitr amid the »va»enly boat,
And in the church below.
From whoa aB atatom drew their bee;
By whom redemption 14eVd the earth,
1 rum whom ail comloru flow!
THE WORLD.
M
• •wr.
Ponupl 97, Green "» Hundred 89.
71* • \fy Tkmg!.
c powetttoti*. fame .and power.
«r great t
A no seek vim cmmm tout mm
Liprew, their charms declare their
* ith the »«nie
-
And wall our gvull> Uaim I -
■MM fare
MM
VU.cn with the pane* .
. ... n wc need it mott '
V> hea at th' Almitht) H awful
To hear our final doom wc
I mime the Judge to ip
ME tengeance from hu
Can they protect u» from t., .,—..,
c dark reign of death and hell,
ui with bim, and throne ut where
The ;u»t, in joy* immortal dwell •
I
S-.nnrts your «lob we detpwr.
If tliete rebeh they cannot grant i
\s hi thould we wch delMMaa pure.
And pine in everbutinc
U >*- 33, Providence College 10.
I *f CM Mw/J, Plain .
II (he giddy world i
■ ui a*w m
^u* earth
111 gMMMMnM ibtJ loc.
THE cm iu II.
401, 402, 403
But oft the><- . elude
mod intent pursuit i
Or, it the> seize the fancied good,
1 here's poison in the fruit.
4
Mi world call off m\ lore,
Set my afccthmi rl
Bid me aspire
I walk no more b> bight.
5
0 let tlte glories of th\ Bm e
Upon inc:
Amu vmg grace,
. be divine.
Im.
Tunbridge 10J, Abridge 201.
The rich Fool surprised, Luke xn. 16— 22.
DELUDED souls' who think to find
I iihss below :
Bliss the fair Mower of paradise,
On earth can never grow.
See how the foolish wretch is pleas'd
T* increase u -re;
tat] now he hml> his barns.
An 1 covets room for more.
3
1 What shall I do ' di^tress'd he cries;
1 This scheme will 1 pursue;
.:ity barns sha 1 now come down,
1 I'll build them large and new :
4
1 Here will 1 lay my fruits and bid
■ ul to take its ease:
' Eat, drink, be glad ; my lasting store
4 Shall give what joys i please.'
5
Scarce had he spoke, when, lo ! from heaven
Th' Almighty made reply :
• For whom dost thou provide, thou fool?
' This night tlivself snail die.'
6
Teach me, my God, all earthly joys
Are but an empty dream :
An.l mi) 1 >eek my bliss alone
In thee the good supreme :
•PI .
Charmouth /», Bangor
The trhole World no Compensation for the
Loss of one Soul, Ma:k \ui. J,6.
LORD, shall we part with gold for dross,
With solid goo I (01
Outlive our bh>s and mourn our lots,
la everlasting woe?
2
Let us not lose the living God,
For one short dream
With fond embrace cling to a clod,
And Ming ail heaven sway.
J
Vain world, thy weak attempts forbear,
We all thy charms defy ;
And rate our precious souls too dear
For all thy wealth to buy.
402- L. If. Dr. IVatts's Lyrics.
Lebanon 79, Manning 245.
The Farewell.
DEAD be my heart to all below,
To mortal joys and mortal cares ;
To sensual bliss that charms us so,
Be dark, mine eyes, and deaf my ears.
2
Lord, I renounce my carnal taste
Of the fair fruit that sinners prize:
Their paradise shall never waste
One thought of mine, but to despise.
3
All earthly joys are overweigh'd
With mountains of vexar.ous care;
And where's the sweet that is not laid
A bait to some destructive snare?
4
Begone, for ever, mortal things!
Thou mighty mole-hill, earth, tarewel!
Angels aspire on lofty wings,
\nd leave the globe for ants to dwell.
Come, heaven, and fill my vast desires ;
Mv -iul p irsues the sovereign good :
She was all made of heavenly fires,
Nor can she live on meaner food.
THE GOSPEL CHURCH.
403- cm.
New York B, Maidstone 196.
The (Am
Glory o/Sion, Cant. vi. 10.
SAY who is she, that looks abroad
Like the sweet-biuslung dawn,
When with her living light she paints
1 he dew-drops of the Lawn »
Fair as the moon, when in the skies
serene her throne she gu
And o'er the twinkling stars supreme
In full oib d glorv rides:
3
Clear as the sun, when from the east
t a cloud he springs.
And scatters boundiess light and heat
From he resplendent wings :
mi. < in i« ii
All I
I v
Dert>v
Tht r-
I
And an
1hit »hew <1 die gieat Mruiih born ;
The Pr
aling ray.
3
Oft, m the teropln i
■
glonc* vhine
With jHjwcr j wnc:
a Kcnc ut gloomy fMght.
5
<
I
And hca\cn and earth rctoun.l thy praise.
todJridgt.
Great U ' tcr \.
■
ENUl II ' c w*y
.
•jCT,
will.
'
.,u M
inlr hjitc.
pun yo*r muh to Cod,
tint htntfrj.
1Mb. Dr. D*UnJs*-
G
■
A houtc i
And rot »ciure.
thee O' •
.
lid UD|.
4
Here in thy home <
The vj'
.it ion* throng
-
Or. iuou'l hill.
M Dr. Dml*,Jti.
. Derby I®.
71/ Im.ti:wucm * .» i.e.fti Mimi-tty/nm
1"
Thetc pledget
lie
r I'Ktrijjr MM < -u t \i
r, when to heaven he r»*e
ipTMf th' Aprafln'lMMKNir
«"»o*o heroic Imp* i
' J.tmnobleti"*! i
in benre. MMl trtchen rtr.
ORDINATION.
410, 111, 412
From Christ thru varied gifu derive,
An I fled t>y t luisl theii graces live:
While, guarded by his potent hand,
'Midst a. I the rifC ul hell they stand.
5
ill the bright succession run
l lip.' the List courses of the sun ;
w fiik unborn churches by tbeii -
Shall rue ami tloun>h lai-e and fair.
(i
Jesus our Lord, their hearts shall know,
I he spring whence all these blessings tlow ;
i ii. 1 people shout his praise
the long round of endless days.
408- L m.
Wareham 1 17.
tr into the Work of the
. n.ce to the hea-
vtmfy 1 1 //, I vi i
Ol R God ascends his lofty throne,
An r.'d in Majest) unknown;
Mis lustre all the temple liils.
And spreads o'er all th' ethereal hills:
2
I he holy, holy, holy Lord,
By aM the Seraphim adoi'd.
An I, while they stand heneath his seat,
They veil their faces, and their feet.
Lord, how can sinful lips proclaim
The honours of so great a name I
O for thine altar's glowing coal
To touch his lip-, to fire his soul!
4
Then if a messenger thou ask,
A labourer for the hardest task.
Thro' all his weakness and his fear,
Love »hall reply, • Thy servant's here.'
5
Nor let his willing soul complain,
i Tho' eveiy effort seem in vain ;
It ample recompence shall be
But to have wrought, O God, for thee.
* If sun* on any oth. r Occasion, ' h;V in the
three Lul Vcises may be exchanged tor * ray.'
409- L. M. Dr. Doddridge.
Paul's 246, Rippon's 188, Gould's 272.
Seeking Direction in the Choice of a Pastor.
SHEPHERD of Israel, bend thine ear,
Thy servants' groans indulgent hear ;
PerplexM, distresrd, to thee we cry,
And seek the guidance of thine e\e.
2
Send forth, O Lord, thy truth and light,
To guide our doubtful footsteps right:
Our droopi:^ hearts, O God, sustain,
Nor let us seek tin face in vain.
3
Return, in ways of peace return,
Nor let thy tlock neglected mourn;
May our bless'd eyes a shepherd see,
Dear to our souls, and dear to thee!
410- CM. Dr. Dodiridge.
id 91.
nation Hymn,
Heb. mil 17.
Li i Sion*s watchmen all awake,
Vnd take th' alarm thej give ;
Now let them, from the mouth of God,
Their awful charge receive.
2
'lis not a cause of small import
The pastor's care demands;
But what might Gil an Angel's heart,
And HTd a Saviour's hands.
3
They watch for souls, for which the Lord
D.d In a»enly bliss forego;—
For souls which must for ever live,
In raptures, or in woe.
4
All to the great tribunal haste,
Th' account to render there ;
And shoultUt thou strictly mark our faults,
Lord, where should we appear!
5
May they, that Jesus whom they preach,
Their own Redeemer see;
And watch thou daily o'er their souls,
That they may watch for thee.
411- L. M. Dr. Doddridze.
Ailie Street 841, Portugal 97.
The Goodness of God acknowledged in giving
Pastors after his own Heart, Jer. iii. 15*.
At the Settlement of a Minister.
SHEPHERD of Israel, thou dost keep,
With constant care, thy humble sheep j
By thee inferior pastors rise
To feed our souls, and bless our eyes.
To all shy churches such impart,
Modell'd by thy own gracious heart;
W hose courage, watchfulness, and love,
Men may attest, and God approve.
3
Fed hy their active tender care,
Healthful may all thy sheep appear j
And, by their fair example led,
1 he way to Zion"s pasture tread I
4
Here hast thou listen'd to our
And scatter'd blessings on thy house ;
Thy iaint> are sut tour'd. an'l no more
As sheep without a -uide deplore.
5
Completely heal each former stroke.
And bless the shepherd and tl e nock;
Confirm the hopes thj men les raise,
And own this tribute of our prauc.
• See Hymn 407, an>! I; mos,
11?. CM. Dr. g*att .
Abingdon 4 J, Biaiiv.
Christ's Care of Ministers .:nd Churches,
Rev. n I.
WE bless th' eternal source of light,
\\ ho makes the st.irs to shine;
And, through 1 tided world,
Diffuseth rays divine.
1 1
mi. ( in k< n
TVn, ■•*
n
Babylon Strewn 23,P«ul1 246, Gon:
On tkt AiHgemu I Hutu of a M.>
O
I I!' il , I
Thou kn'i»Si the animus rare* we feci,
Ami all our trembling lip* •
1
And iicld uur woe-fraught fceart relief.
h»i'r lurr
\
rrn »j»lc »■
I I t!wr prave,
*
I
uf friend and fjtlic
lendcretl net,
ling heart.
> • fail,
i an nought prevail,
I
• A,
■
it they who he
KonS
lluddert&eld 2OT, Matthew *» 34.
Ctnf-tt —P.tml't
\\
I
■
Thm all the pre
Together »ce i
And vonbip at hi •
t they wi
ifaia
ur blood *i.
If any petuh
- ■
It not tl>eir Ul
O* hear tltcir prayer, thy menage own,
And uve thcu bearat too.
LM.
Bowden 78, Chart
Tk/ Pnplf, Praytr for thtir Mimirtrr; or,
mariti* c*m-.
\\' : i f heavenly power. O Lord, defend
\ \ » to thee coat-
III* pr
And make him to the end en
i with atl-tidVieni r
..nl,
. thy pilgrim. I
That i.-m
The wo
prar
redeeming grate
n.i, H7
MISSIONS
418
1 |& L U. Dr. C/BAnu.
Porti • I dene .'i v
TAi- T.. Im /><//<•, Phil, iv. 1
M> brethren, from mj hetrl l-elov'd,
Whose welfare Bib m> daily care,
Mv prea) nt ji'v, my future ( rawn,
j he word of exhortation hear.
S
Stand fast upon the solid rock
oi the Redeemers righteousness i
Adorn the fospel with your li\i\
And practise what yoer lips profess.
With pleasure meditate the hour,
\\ hen lie. defending from the skies,
Shall hid \our bodies, mean and file,
In his all-glorious image rise.
Glory in his dear, henour'd name,
To him inviolably ch
Your all he purchased by his blood,
Nor let him less than all receive.
5
■Such is your pattorl faithful charge,
oui dartres n<i rourt, but you;
0 u. jy I e, at the Lord's right-hand,
HimseU ar.d a.l hu people view :
•117- L.M.
Wareham 117, Mar-.
At a Choice of Deacons, 1 Tim. ifi. 8—13.
FAIR Sion*s King, we suppliant bow,
And hail the grace thy church enjoys;
Her holy deacons aie thine own,
IVVith all the gitts thy lo\e employs.
Up to thy throne we lift oui
Pbr blessings to attend otti choice*
I whose generous prudent zeal
Shail make thv tavour'd wa\> rejoice.
3
Happy in Jesus, their own Lord,
May ihey his sailed table spread, —
The table of their pastor rill,
i And till the holy poor with bread!
4
[When pastor, saints, and poor, they serve,
Max their own hearts with gn
[While patient e, sympathy, and joy,
:. an:i thro' their lives abound.]
5
Ry purest love to Christ, and truth,
O may they win a good degree
1 Or boldness in the i hi htiaa rauh,
And meet the smile ot thine and thee!
6
to them asMgn'd —
The work of love, is fully done,
Cali them from serving tables here,
To sit around thy glorious throne.
* It tins Hymn t-e sung brj-ne the Choice, then
1.1 Line ot the second Veise may stand
V isdom to direct our choice.'
MONTHLY AND MISSIONARY PRAYER
MEETINGS.
418- (1st Pari.) 8,7.
Carlisle 95, Welsh 210, Trowbridge 21.
Glorious Thing* tpokttt of Z ion the City <f
Giut, Ps. Iwwii. Isa. nxxiii. 30,
GLORIOUS things of thee are spoken,
Zioa, city of our God I
He, whose word cannot be broken,
Form'd thee for his own abode:
On the Rock of ages founded,
What tan shake thy sure repose?
With salvation's walls surrounded,
Thou may^st smile at all thy foes'.
2
[See! the streams of living waters
Springing from eternal hue,
Well supply thy sons and daughters,
And all tear of want remove:
Who can faint while >u< h a river
Fver flows thy thirst t' assuage?
(.r.ic e which, like the Lord, the giver,
Never rails from age to age.
3
Round each habitation hovering,
See the cloud and fire appear 1
For a glory and a covering,
Shewing trut the Lord is near?
Thus deriving from their banner
j night and shade by day,
ey feed upon the manna
\\ Inch he gues them when they pray.]
4
Blest inhabitants of Zion,
Wash'd in the Redeemer's blood:
Jesus, whom their souls icly on,
Makes them kings and priests to God :
'Tis his love his people raises
Over self to reign as kings:
And as priests, m solemn praises
Each for a thank-offering brings.
5
Saviour, if of Zion's city
I thro' grace a member am;
Let the world deride or pity,
I will glory in thy name :
Fading is the worldling's pleasure,
All hi- boasted pomp and show'.
Solid joyi and lasting treasure
None but Zion's children know.
418- (2d Part.) L.M.
Gloucester 13, Cbai
Prayer for the Spread <fthc Gospel, animated
EXIRT thy power, thy rights maintain,
Insulted, evei
The influence of thy CXOwn increase,
And strangers to thy footstool bring.
[We long to see tint happy time,
I hat dear, expected. bhs>tu
When countless myriad- of our race
1 he second Adam shaii
418
4IS
Hit prophecies mwu tve f nihil V,
niil.jn.lt,. 'TPO^i
fall.
-dltheminrlct
To llR' I
5
I i rule;
Sink, in Bight
- manapatrd tons
Inh'd race,
The g.
From < uth,
Immanucl's km i ..tend,
Aivl
Shall VOt
Ware' .^aiy7.
The approathirtf Fall of Babylon predicted,
P' i waits her doom;
c raii,
tiBtt,
The spacious heatlicn m
I
The go- 1
O tee, on both the India's coast,
The unl>- hear;
\
throne in bet
-utfcr'cl, died,
Ah I Why luv ;Uirnc
I., tell such wrlcomc nc\»> ..
(..• now,
■
•n shall |
■
cron display.
I..M.
\\cll
n to propagate the Gtpti throughout
- laim
1 Redeem c Jisd;
(.
Go. irll i
And Irll the panting sable thief,
s vand,
To chct
: as golden shores.
That u •'«**,
-
Tell all the d.. tant ok
,igiU to thou-.
You come— their nomii to teek ■■
Say, the i
is an Deneroaer
■* nh energy divine,
Its heavenly origu
• IM and mmtan : r*m of A'
to Sjiropraos, but Wtely ssstsuh»a*4 fc? U* B
ihea.
.>crby 169.
Uglect in spread nr tie Gosptly reproved
\j >|ftj r^i>ri pm
■
e and follow my command.*
■ the first disciples heard,
1 hen to the Gentiles, far and near,
Publish 'd s.i i vat i.>n in
c >la*» tidinrv
.lutiTigussliM «Jand came.
But ah "d thrav
<mr attempts been foi
\\ hjt I
I
Tlvc vine had bee* out Wo;
4\9
MISSIONS.
420
[We too had multitudes beheld,
ie the gods their hands had made,
An. I the bright beam o! heavenly day
Thcirjw.' benighted realms pervade. J
Saviour divine, our guilt forgive!
Inspire our souls with wanner zeal!
Pour out thy Spirit from en high;
And let us all his influence feel!
419. (1st Part.) L. M.
Chard 175, Gloucester 12.
Pi";'t+ct of Success ; or, Encouragement to
Mtoms.
BEHOLD tlf expected time draw near,
The shades disperse, the dawn appear ;
Behold the wilderness assume
The beauteous tints of Eden's bloom.
S
Events, with prophecies, conspire
To raise our raith, our zeal to tire:
The ripening fields, already while,
Present m\ n.n vul to our sight.
3
The untaught heathen waits to know
The joy the gospel will bestow;
I'd slave waits to receive
The freedom Jesus has to give.
4
Come let us with a grateful heart
iii uM l-iv^t mmuiu viaae a pan;
Our prayers ami offerings gladly bring
To aid the triumphs of oui King.
5
Let us improve the heavenly gale,
Spread to eacli breeze our hoisted sail.
Till north anil south, and east and west,
Shall be, as favor'd Britain, blest.
6
Invite the globe to come and prove
A viviuurS condescending love,
And humbly fall before his feet,
Ajsii.'d they shall acceptance meet.
[Our hearts exult in songs of praise,
'1 hat we have seen these latter days,
\\ hen our Redeemer shall be known,
\\ here satan long has held his throne.]
8
\\ hereVr his hand hath spread the skies,
Sweet ilM eose to his name shall rise ;
1 \n 1 Iwi', dnA Egypt, Greek and Jew,'
li\ sovereign grace l>e form'd anew.
1 l!'. ('.'! Part.) CM.
Cambridge New 74, Evans's lyo, Irish 171.
MJnionar)
The Increase of the Church promised an J
pteadui
FM'UF.R, is not thy promise pledg'd
To thine exalted Son.
That thro' the nations of the earth
Thy word of life shall run ?
j
• A A. and I give the heathen lands
1 For thine inheritance,
• And to the world's remotest shores
' fiiiae empire shall advance.'
Hast thou not said the blinded Jews
Shall then Redeemer own ;
\\ hue Gentiles to his standard crowd,
And bow before his throne'
1
When shall th' untutoi'd Indian tribes,
A dark hewilder'd race,
Sit down at our lmmatuiel's feet,
And learn and teel his grace?
;»
Are not all kingdoms, tribes, and tongues,
Under th' expanse oj .'.• av'n,
To the dominion of thy Son,
\\ uhout exemption given >
6
From east to west, from north to south,
Then be his name ador'd !
Europe, with all thy millions, shout
Hosannahs to thy Lord!
7
Asia and Africa, resound
From shore to shore his fame:
And thou, America, in songs
Redeeming love proclaim!
420- (1st Part.) CM.
Otford 106, Michael's 119.
Pr, lyerfor Missionaries.
GREAT God, the nations of the eartb
Are by creation thine ;
And in thy 'works, by all beheld,
Thy radiant glories shine.
a
But, Lord, thy greater love has sent
Thy gospel to mankind,
Unveiling what rich stores of grace
Are treasur'd in thy mind.
3
Lord, when shall these glad tidings spread
The spacious earth around,
Till every tube, and every soul,
Shall hear the joyful sound?
4
O when shall Afric's sable sons
Enjoy the heavenly word,
And vassals long-enslav'd become
The freedmen of the Lord?
5
When shall the untutor'd Heathen tribes,
A dark bewilder'd race,
Sit down at our Immanuel's feet,
And learn and feel his giace?
6
Haste, sovereign mercy, and transform
Their cruelty to love ;
Soften the tjger to a Iamb,
The vulture to a dove !
7
* Smile, Lord, on each divine attempt
To spread the gospel's rays:
And build on sin's demolUh'd throne
The temples of thy praise.
Verses 3, Us iumn, in substance,
one of the Bin: . on their rtepar
ture ;or Inai.i. M
♦ v erse 1, 9, and 10, of this Hymn, may be
sung alone.
Nil. ( III I ( II
I their way,
1 111 ItMJr vj'<
I ?r>od newt,
Brnrith ll I
In the |
And gra< r
ft I'M the
■
I- \!
Send forth thy word, and lot it fly,
ArmM wiili
•vajr,
And I < : hour.
I J
Beneath the influence of thy *race
i.iti array'd,
A I
ike in root
■
Peace, with her olires crown'd.ihall stretch
Her wiofj trom lh
ti,» mil rou*e the rage of war,
we wait ; tho*e days
r-iold:
:rs, and bring
1 ape of gold.
•. let earth's
jvcnH
I noun
e people.
[9d Part < I M.
M
A BktMMg on Miuiomj, and Miuimaritt,
rtfu.
\V
i< the biu.icrmg north-wind
I
i
i tound.'
Y'S
And peate Itti
And l pOM|
1*», and mu;t
■
ford)
1 1| .. .-. ; ■-..
CM
ewT*.
And i.. ught.
Art thou Rahabvlew'
:d bed.
Again thy wonted prowe* »how,
.: made bare again ;
And Vet thine adverone* know
That they resbt in \ain.
i ■
Ailu
Inmgir.g for : '
Hai man been
Su thousand ye
n
I
■■
\
MISSIONS.
421, 422
md,
Sen i thou thine ■ogeli and command {
iihI deliverance j loudly blow
Salvation to the b.unis belowj
We wan) to ii.no the day appear)
The |)r.nni,'(l great sabbatic rear,
When. fat from grief, and tin, and hell,
Israel [a ceaseless peace shall dwell.
Till then, we will not let thee feat.
Thou -Jill shah hear our strong request;
Ami this our daily prayer shall he,
Lord, sound the trump of jubilee.
I .']. (9d Part.) I. M
Aihe street 241, Portugal 97.
Privir to God for hi.< special Interposition in
tding tht Gospel, Zee. ix. U — 16.
« T TOW ' long, <) Coil, 'has man been
jTl driv'n.
: from happiness and heav'n *
\\ inn wilt thou,' graciously ' restore'
Thy ba ush'd sons to rove no more?
S
F"r near si\ thousand years, thy foe
Has triumphed over all below;
ii a little flock is found,
With ravening wolves eneompass'd round.
3
Sri ill not the Lamb, who once was slain,
An ample compensation nam,
An I many happy millions more
To happiness anil God restore f
4
From every nation, every tongue,
A remnant must to him belong ;
Nor can there be too vile a race
|To furnish trophies of his grace.
5
hat power which could subdue
The furious, slaughter-breathing Jew,
And make him in thy cau^e become,
Victorious over Greece and Rome.
6
Now, Lord, before thy servants go,
Let God himself the trum[>et blow ;
Hasten the Gospel jubilee
That bids a captive world be free.
(3d Part.) 10s.
\v.ii>jw jn, Guestwick 274.
The House must be of Fame and Glory
\ throughout all Countries, l Chron. \\u. 25.
THE house now to be builded to the
Lord,
Whose lirm foundation stone his hand hath
laid.
Shall in magnificence and fame exceed
That which King Solomon so glorious made
W ide as the spacious globe on which we
tread,
This sacred temple shall its bounds extend.
Its blessings, not to A brain's seed confin'd,
Shall millions of the Gentile race befriend.
See, in tin- torrid regions of the south,
I he humble worshipper approach with joy :
And shivering natives of the from pole
In the same heavenly stiams their lips em-
ploy.
4
With all simplicity of word and deed,
\\ iii, zeal for God, and love to souls inspired,
■see the successful missionaries teach ;
Their ardour still by gathering converts lir'd.
5
Hark: they proclaim salvation by the cross;
And thousands press to accept the bound-
less grace j
Jesus li i- own almighty power displays,
His temple now is universal space !
I .' 1 . (4th Part.) C. M. Sprague 166.
Staughton 264, Cambridge New 74.
Saints longing to see their King with hit
many Crowns, Rev. xiv. YL
GO forth, ye aints, behold your King
With God-like honours crown 'd,
Ten thousand beauties in his word
Shall spread his fame around.
2
Where'er the sun begins its race,
Or stops its swift career,
lloth east .ml west shall own his grace,
And Christ be honour d there.
3
Ten thousand crowns encircling show
I he victories he hath won i
O may his conquests ever grow
V\ hile time its course shall run.
4
Ride forth, thou mighty conqueror, ride,
And millions more subdue,
Destroy our enmity and pride,
.\n J we will crown thee too.
■! 2 :.
Carey's U,
(1st part.) 112th
Hoatoa 121, Urkulm 93.
Gentiles praying far Jews,
Rom. xi. 1, 2,
FATHER of faithful Abra'm, hear
Our earnest suit tor Abra'mS seed;
Justly they claim the eoftesl prayer
From us, adopted in their stead,
\\ ho men > thro' their fall obtain,
And Christ by their rejection
<>
Out) .1st from thee, and scatter'd wide
Thro* every nation under heaven,
Blaspheming whom they crucify'd,
L nsav'd, unpity'd. unforgiv n :
Branded like Cam, they bear their load,
Abhorr'd of men, and curs'd ot God.
3
But hast thou tina'iy forsook.
For ever ca-t thj own aw
\N lit thou not bid the murderers look
On htm they pier. M,an 1 weep and prav
Yes, gracious Lord, thj word is past ;
1 All Israel shall be sav'd at last.'
IIII ( in
I
. hr.
n »icw,
<lue.
' M
•ur rcifm.
-'•
R
In »pUc of tun h» cju»« |oe» 0*.
•w, thru %oua thai!
■I rjfr •
I-iino once >U;n.
I, but woo M
i
Menial blm hu »ubjrcu mccL
All powrr i
..e» receive h» Uwt.
P\l
M^dilene 34.
7 4/ H/i/» wLtff* Harm*.*
I
■
I r* an
c nutu be*>ti ■
:
*u V tm imp*, tmt /•» **^«
. I^banonTT, lUinftOQ 40.
lit #■»*,/ rtifm ; «r, tit Tictvritt <t
immfk^fCtri
Y'C».
. :<t tren.Wir
jU beneath BJ
Then re*ouc*i toult dall We« thy power,
Thy n
Thy umi., to iiut tJlu»u..u» hour,
c4f conquennf king.
jbi gma at fold,
. t**en lo ihr
■ NIC thininff
. t the tr
;\J thj blaxia
uaa»poned realwi wmh4
Thy c Joriou* deed* and daihnc Mae.
i
Taonntkisfcid
. >» arm aramd,
irr Itf-artt Uul Bourn
andah o« the lime*.
lhe «Mk-proallta(c*"M>.
4 MatwH*
4: i, i::>
associations.
426, 427
I the social bau.i be bows
-nil-attentive i- .ii .
And while his angels sing around,
i hear.
4
fhe chronicles ot" Heaven ihtll keep
: wntds in transcript lair,
In the Redeemer'! lM>ok ot lite
um recorded aic.
, the world shall know
ie humble souls are mine:
- hen my jewels I prodnce,
' shall in full lustre shine.
4 When deluge* Of liery wrath
1 Mv foes aw»J dull bear,
4 That hand, which strikes the wicked thro',
i I all my children snare.'
I . M. B. Fr.imi;.
Derby I0:>, Truro 165, Bramcoate 8.
abounding in the H'ork of the Lord.
Bll thy throne, eternal Kin:;,
uoisten their tiibute bring,
Their tribute of united praise
For heavcnlv news and peaceful •
the conquest- of tin -
And publish loud thy healing word :
While angels sound thy glorious name,
Thy savins grace our lips proclaim.
' Thy various service we esteem
Our sweet employ, our bliss supreme;
And, while we feel thy heavenly love,
We burn like seraphim above.
4
: aphs there can ever raise
With us, an equal song ot prai>e :
re the noblest work ol
But we, the purchase of his blood.
5
Still in thy work would we abound ;
one the vine, or plough the ground ;
Thy sheep with wholesome panmre
And watch them with unwearied heed.
6
Thou art our Lord, our life, our love,
Our care below, and (Town I
I ■ shall be our best employ,
nee our eternal joy.
425. CM. Dr. Doddridge.
helmstone '208, Condescension 116.
Sou me, feed my Lambs, John xxi. 1 .'..
Dl I love thee, 0 my Lord?
Behold my h<
Ami turn each cursed idol out
That dares to ri\.il tliee.
Do not 1 love thee from my soul?
Then let me nothing
Dead be my heart to every joy,
When Je>us cannot move.
U ii >t thy name melodious still
nine attentive eai
Doth not each puUe wuh pleasure bound
:.'Ur's voice to hear
4
■ i a Lamb in all thy flock,
I would disdain to feed'
e face
1 tear thy cause to plead?
9
Would not my ardent spirit vie,
With angels round the throne,
To execute thy sacred will,
rv known?
6
Would not my heart pour forth its blood
our of thy name?
And challenge (he cold hand of death
To damp th' immortal flame?]
7
Thou know'n 1 love thee, dearest Lord,
But. Ol I lone to soar
Far from the sphere of mortal joys,
And learn to love thee more.
L. M. Beddome.
Street 241, Portugal y7.
• ''or Ministers.
F\ THER of mercies, bow thine ear,
Attentive to our earnest [
ad for those who plead for thee,
:. i pleaders mav they be:
8
.how vast their charge;
Do thou their anxious souls enlarge;
Their best acquiremenJl are our gain,
• they obtain.
3
Clothe then, with energy divine,
Their words. 3nd let those words be thine :
To them thy sacred truth reveal,
Suppress their fear, inflame their zeal.
4
Teach t!em to sow the precious seed,
Teach them thy chosen
Teach them immortal souN to gain —
Souls tliat wiU well reward their pain.
let thronging multitudes around
Hear from their lips the joyful sound,
In humble strains thy grace implore,
And feel thy new-creating power.
Let sinners break their massy chains,
■ ■
t thro' distan read,
And /.ion rear her drooping I
r>27- (IttPs Altered by
Dr. Rvland.
Levve^
Pmyer for a AV:
SAVIOUR, vi>it thy plan'..
Grant us, Lord, a gracious rain !
All will .:ion,
I thou return again :
Lord, revive us.
All our help must come from thee*
Till ( U!
<■.'■
ii'-vp And dtc;
7T>cn tr-\
kaj »in.c i.».-r ceded,
And j re »ce,
llclji
5
Ira,
uth'
Bright exan
I e tear arc blu
Scircc a aing Ic lea' rd, &c.
ru in the bud!
-m bloom again;
.t bopta be vam. Lord, **.c]
Let our mute rent,
Miun the »
Break i wer,
And 1
I
All our i>c.(> mutt come from thee'
1 M
umO.
■», Pialm h. 13.
Orone,
od be ;
■ I the hapfwer day*
I oraue,—
carili
But now He way* of Zion
llri (j in neglected and
e aod Ii%c1u.ru jrr fled.
And many number d with the dead.
We nee'i
' 'rum ail our «
If earth and hell thou i:
Is- 1 neither earth our I..
6
each other and to thee,
H u» all in i
Oh nou m on high.
And ail our num*rout want* tupptt.
oh ihnw that in oar tew estate,
: 4ead thy word,
■ .-, Pairoo, bouotroui Lordt
7. (3d Part.) lis.
Comfort for the Ckmch tu TrmAU.
Whom no man caa cumtort, whoa
no man can
With dark new turrounded, by terrori dt»-
■q d.
In toiling and rowing thy »t rcngth u decay 'd.
Load roanng the billows
whel
But tkilrulH tl
Hun '
ndt.
In safety and qu e k ends.
* O fearful I O faithlo..
Bawl now ajgjtj o\c:-
t W\ ,. v:t> v ir r helm.
ti thee, hit po*
■
•• i- •,,
.t and towaag 111 bung ohee
to Land.
4
Forget thee I will not, name
ln|uTdaam>
•-m of aay haada wtaht I kMk oa, I
The we. -mg for
n.l my
. i e mutt needful, no* oar i.
>
To nuke thee at Inn.
ASS0C1AI
430, 431
The foolish, the fearful, the weak arc my
ilia hopeless, I beat >
tU their afflictions, my glory shall
AaJ the deeper their sorrow*, the louder
they'll sing.'
. 1.
Trevccca 37, Kentucky lit, Westbury5l.
•ng for the Spread of the Gospel.
0\c gloomy hills of dai-
I.ook, my soul, Ik* still ami gaze;
travail
W ith a glorious day of grace :
Blessed jubilee i
Let thy glorious morning dawn:
Let the Indian, let the Negro,
Let the rude Barbarian, tee
>us conquest,
Once obtain'd on Calvary;
l£t the Gospel
Loud resound from pole to pole.
' Kingdoms wide that sit in darkness,
M them. Lord, the glorious light,
I And frOOJ eastern roast to western.
May the morning chase the night,
And redemption
pufcbasM win the day.
*
[Ma; the glorious day approaching,
On the rkness dawn,
And the everlasting Gospel
. l tny holy name ;
All the borders
Of the great brr.nanuers land.]
Fly abroad, thou mighty Gospel,
w in an<l cooqoer, never cease ;
May thy lasting wide dominion]
Multiply and still IM
Swaj th_\ sceptre*
r,' all the world around.
'. L. M. Beddone.
Gloucester 12, Coombs * 45, Bromley 104.
The Increase of the Church.
SHOUT, for the blessed Jesus reigns,
•.t lanus his triumphs spread:
need from endless pains,
Own him their Saviour and their head.
His sons and daughters, from afar,
Daily at Sioa*s gale arrive;
Tho>e who were dead in sin before,
KBreign grace are made alive,
'ppressors bow beneath his feet,
■ne by his victorious power;
Princes in humble posture ■
And proud btasfhemen learn t' adore.
Gentiles an 1
Nations remote tbeii ottering* bring,
I u'd, their homage pay
To their exaiied God and King.
O may his conquest still increase,
And every foe
While angels celebrate Ins pi
And saints his growing glories shew.
6
Loud halleluiah? to the I ami),
From ail below atvi all above ;
In lofty ■unci eaaH Ins name,
In KMgl is lasting a> his love.
•1 '<). 146th.
Dartmouth 46, Carter Lane 141.
The Increase of the Mtt i rA*i Kingdom.
A ill, incarnate God!
The wondrous things foretold
Of thee in ncred writ
With joy our eyes behold:
■ thine arm new trophies wear,
An i im numents of glorv reai.
'I
To thee the hoary head
Its silver honours pays,
To thee the blooming youth
Devotes his brightest days:
TJ age their tribute bring,
And bow to thee, all-conquenng King.
3
O haste, victorious Prince,
That happy glorious day,
W hen souls, like drops of dew,
Shall own thy gentle sway:
O may it bless our longing eyes,
And bear our shouts beyond' the skies.
4
All hail, triumphant Lord,
Eternal be thy reign ;
Behold the nations sue
TO wear thy gentle chain:
When earth and time are known no more,
Thy throne shali stand tor ever suie.
431- Moth,
Portsmouth New 144, OffOl
The completing of the spiritual Tsmple,
/ech. iv. 7.
SING to the Lord above,
v\ ho deigns on earth to raise
A temple to t
A monument of on
Ye saints around, thro" all its frame.
Harmonious sound the builder's name.
Beneath his eye and care
The edifice shall n»e
Bg, and fair,
And shine aba •
There shall he place the polrshM stone
Ordain'd the work of gTace to cicwn.
G
1111. «
OR (III K( ms
«. i. b.F'
At .1 GttttCtimfm poor MtnuJtrt^or
1 )
I ill I owe.
•:><• nvun'aim
< tO RUI'i'
><* —
nap
..imp,
.'Ul'.'l.
: v *;;lrstan«r I wiil honour
e nutihlcM >um •
ly (he roiglio
i light
V%bc:. «nc:
iuUe nimn
In (hem thou nin'n t« < ' <U\d and fed,
url *o»cr u b<-..
. ihee.
L N,
1.1. niton 40.
Of tkimt im kavt wr from /Ar/,
I
Hi I
• ■•
I grudge to five hn poor
•r ud thee
nd in mc.
lew.
Martini Laac 67, llonlcj JUS.
irr Imiiaikm.
W
. O Lord, to keep m
WindoeMdoae,
Hut man ma» I
it nothing givei
i.'i blank i
today
bm he ivh'
tauthtoaKi.
But i that v\xm atf i
at cannot die,
I
■
golden ore.
hpKtr
CIKTvCII MEET11
CHUM
If. Dr.S. SUnnett.
Wirkswotla lew 55,
Brodenp- -
Praise f> Conversion, T-alm l.wi 16.
C10IM. yr that fear the I
s And listen white 1 tell
How narvwwrj my fart escaped
1 he snares ol death and hell.
<2
The tlatterin :
I my foolish heart,
While Satan, with malicious skill,
Guided the poh'noui dart
I fell beneath the stroke,
But fell to ri-e .\z,.\\n ;
me into life,
And pleasure sprung from
4
Darki <rief
my mind;
1 look'd around me for relief,
But no relief could find.
At length to God 1 cry'd ;
He heard my plaintive sigh,
>rd, and instantly he sent
m on high.
6
Irooping head he rais'd,
Mj bleeding wounds he healM,
in-, and with a smile
The gracious pardon seal'd.
7
•lay I ne'er forget
The mercy of my I
u- to spread
raise abroad.
433- C. m
Bath Chapel
The Conversion of Sinners a Matter for
Prayer and Praise.
T HIRE'S joy in heaven, and joy on earth,
When urn,
1 iesponding souls rejoice,
ns mourn.
I
- aints and hear what God hath done'
Is a reviving sound:
O may ii spread from sea to sea,
ten all the globe around.
J
Often, O sovereign Lord, renew
Hie wonders of thil
That ]esui here may see his teed,
And Satan lose his prey.
4
Great G.^d, the work is all thine own,
Thine be the praiM
Let every heart and every tongue
thee the glory due.
". Newton.
Brighthelmstone 208, Maidstone
'■' 11 ye alio go •
T T7HEM aft) turn fi
\ \ Ma \\: al QUO
i my Savioui
' Witt thou loisake me too;-
o
with such a heart as in,ne,
.hou bold DM
1 feel i imi-t, I shall decline,
Ami prove like them at last,
3
Yet thou alone hast power, I know,
I o save a wretch hkc me;
To whom, or whither could 1 gu,
If 1 should turn from thee >
4
Beyond a doubt I re-: .
Thou ait the t
Who hast eternal life -
By promise and by blood.
The help of men 3nd angels join'd
Could never reach m]
Nor can I hope relief to find
But in tliv boundless grace.
6
No voice but thine can give me rest,
And bid my fears depart ;
No love but thine can make me bless'd,
And satisfy mv heart.
7
What anguish has that question stirr'd
If 1 will also go?
Yet, I 'id, relying on thv word,
1 humbly answer, No!
110. L. M. 8tUk.
Paul-- „ 117, Gould*
. shall ive go bit: unto thee t or, life
dome, John vi.t.7 — 69.
THOU only sovereign of my heart,
My refug •, mj almighty friend —
And can my soul from thee depart,
On whom alone my hopes depend ?
Whither, ah! whither shall I go,
A wretched wanderer from my Lord*
Can thi- dark world of sin and woe
One glimpse of happiness affor d »
3
Eternal lift thy wordi impart,
tinting ■pint Irvei ;
Here tweeter o mrorts cheer my heart
Than all the round of nature gives.
Let earth's alluring joys combine,
V\ hile thou ait near, m vam they rail;
One smile, one blissful smile of thine,
My dearest Lord, outwc ij^hs them all.
5
Thy name my inmost powen a. lore,
Thou art my life, nn i<>\ my i aie-.
Depart from thee— 'tis death— tu more.
'Tis endtea ruin, deep despair.
G I
441. tlJ
443, 444
v
far the trw*// Ckwreh.
1
production* of thy power,
»nare,
Relieve the j*«>r, nor let tU
HavcaJ their heritage to gold.
rj will ta»le iln
Ihe itronf, art')
I he wither nit plant* I:
BAPTISM.
T • -,4c tl*
Carer 'i 1 1 .
I Jordan.
Immi
C holy man rclute \
Itenrjth the •
ilcerlie*
In deep man v'^w I
Theutf
(."all* >'<u to imitate tl
Bui lo1 fi lV->M.
Andlu
..ui'» tcni|>:>-
I
i!on(,
he lath done.
)C natiou» andubr* '
Bramcoale 8, FortufaJ 97.
J Baptismal Hymm.
Teat Redeemer we adore,
I teek and are ;
.mbly down (rum Jordan'* dkorc
To find a tomb beneath its *
4 Thu» it become* u» to fulfil
All nfhtrouMKvt,' »>* meekly taid :
Wh» vhould we then lo do hu will.
Or be aaharn'd,
ra u» room
nd.
4
Yet at the )ielding wa*etgi»e way
I ..am;
• day,
i» ol death peov'd weak and vain.
Thus when thou
The fate* o( death thail open wide.
Our dun tht muchly to*ce Uvall liear,
And ntc and triumph ai ihj wde.
8. g. 6. S
Chatham 59, Broadmead 150.
r**./;'-r.o-w.-a .;,(#» Matt
Time the
;. c I.ood,
445, 446
BAPTISM.
447, -U8
Tis not as led l>v OOMMrt \
We mike these ways our favoured choice,
And thus with zeal pursaei
No, heaven's eternal sovereign I owd
Bat, m the precepts oi his word,
Fnjoin'd us thus to do.
3
Ami shall wc ever dare despise
The gracious in.ind.ite of the skies,
Where condescending heaven,
To sinful mjn's apbstatt
In matchless love and boondtetl grace,
His will rcveal'd bas given;
4
Thou everlasting gracious King,
■ now thy grace to sing,
And still direct our way
To those bright realms ot peace and rest,
where all th' exalting tribes are bleat J
With one great choral day.
445. 8,7. Fmocttt.
Welsh 210, Carlisle
Invitation to follow the Liimb.
HUMBLE souls, who seek salvation
Thro' the I rning blood,
Hear the voice of Revelation,
Tread the path that Jesus trod :
Flee to him your only Saviour,
In his mighty name com
In the whole of your behaviour,
Own him as your sovereign guide.
Hear the bless 'd Redeemer call you,
Listen to his gracious voice;
Dread no ills that cjn befall you,
V". hile you make bis ways your choice:
Jesas si\s, • Let each believer
• be baptized in my name:'
He humed in Jordan'* river
I Was immers'd beneath the stream.
3
Plainly here his footsteps tracing,
Follow him without delay ,
Gladly his command embracing,
Lol yOUI captain lead, the waj I
View the rite with understanding,
Jesu's grave before you lies ;
Be interr'd at his commanding,
After his example rise.
C. M.
Charmouth 28, Matthew's 31.
The Believer constrained by the Lave of
Christ to foltazr him.
DEAR Lord, and will thy pardoning love
Embrace a wioaeh so vile?
W lit thou my load ot guilt remove,
And bless me with thy smile'
s
Hast thou the cross for me endur'd,
And all its shame desptsHl!
And shall I be as ham d, O Lord,
With thee to be buptiz'd.
Didst thou the great example lead,
in Jordan's swelling Hood'
And shall mv pride disdain the deed
That's worthy of my God •
\
Dear I ord, the ardour of thy love
Reproves my cold delays i
An I now my willing footsteps move
In thy delightful ways.
447- CM. Dr. Ryland.
Devizes 14, Otford 106.
Difficulties in the Way of Duty surmounted —
Hindtr me not, Gen. xxiv. 56*.
TTT THEN Abraham's servant to procure
|_ VV A wife tor Isaac went,
He met Rebekah — told Ins wish, —
Her parents gave consent.
2
Yet for ten days they urg'd the man
His journey to delay ;
1 Hinder me not,' he quick reply'd,
1 since God hath crown'd mv way."
3
Twas thus 1 cry'd, when Christ ihe Lord
III to him did wed :
r me not,' nor friends nor foes,
4 Since God my way hath sped.'
4
4 Stay,' says the world, l and taste awhile
• My every pleasant sweet;'
' Hinder me not, my soul replies,
• Because the way is great.'
5
4 Stay, Satan my old master cries,
4 Or force shall thee detain ;»
4 Hinder me not, 1 will be gone,
4 My God has broke thy chain.']
6
In all my Lord's appointed ways,
My journey I'll pursue;
Hinder me not, ye inuch-lov'd saints,
For 1 must go with you.
7
Thro' floods and flames, if Jesus lead,
I'll follow where he goes;
Hinder me not, shall be my cry,
Tho' earth and hell oppose.
8
Thro' duty and thro' trials too
I'll go at his command ;
Hinder me not, for 1 am bound
I'd my lmmanuel's land.
9
And when my Saviour calls me home,
Still this my cry shall be,
Hinder me not, come welcome death,
I'll gladly go wuh thee.
* 1 his H> inn may begin at the 6th verse.
448- CM J. Stennett.
Bath Chapel 26, Huddersrield 202.
Immersion.
THUS was the great Redeemer plung'd
In Jordan's swelling Hood,
To shew he must oe soon bapti/.'d,
In tears, and sweat, and L.
G 3
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fa«d*«i i/m
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Th» wi»r injunctraai to obey ;
Let k*mu and anjch had the dayl
8
la meet thee mow.
In th» awrmbly here w mod,
: c (jraaund ;
And ihy . . ihro*.
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-467
BAPTISM.
466
Let gr.i \ercise
Be e i
And, aurturM o\ cekatial ,
main.
i
ur fear, our i
fortitude in I
above
Our happy thoughts einp
; thee OK ittTiOQl anil our God
To all iron
Dnve each rebellious, rival hut,
Each traitor, troin the ihr.nu-.
6
instruct our minds, our wills subdue,
That hence our hvc>, >uir ail, m.i; be
Peroted to thy pre
I.M.
Ailic Street Ml, Derbj 169.
TAf Admlnl ."■
4 /"> O teach the nations and baptize,'
VJ Aloud tli' Mi 1 1 lies:
His glad apostles took the word,
•a id the nation;, preach'd their Lord.
Commissjon'd thus, by /ion's King,
We to his holy laver
These happy converts who have known
And trusted in his grace aJ
•;
Lord, in thy house they seek thy face,
[ O bless them with peculiar grace ;
eah their souls with love divine,
Let beams of glory round them shine.
single verses on baptism*.
455—467. l. m.
Old Hundred 100, Portugal 97.
WI1 V I l.ER to thee, our Lord, belongs
ll alwaj - worthy ot our songs :
And all thy works, and all thy ways,
Demand our wonder, and our praise.
.•'K.
ma to the church's head,
\N h.> sutTer'd in our room and stead!
He w.i- immerVd in J 01 dan's flood,
1 And then im:. .; and blood1
J. S: 1
Behold the grave where Jesus lay,
Before he shed i>i> pre
How plain he nuuVd the humbk
To sinners thro' the mystic rlood:
common to sin* by the
water-sid<\ and brethren in the
■ it a Terse or t<*o, while ther are
administeri.iRthcor linan c, i; n hopeJ. these sin-
1 jle rcrses will be acceptable.
/ mt.
.1 the Lord,
I ha ~.u led word ;
lie died, and rote again lor you ;
\\ li.u more could the Redeemer dor
. i me.
We to this place are coinc to show
to bottadleai mercy owe 1
The SjvuhuN footsteps to explore,
And tread the path he trod bcfoie.
Eternal Spirit, heavenly Dove,
On these baptismal waters move ;
I hat we, lino' energy divine,
May have the Mlbstance with the sign.
All ye that love Immanucl's name.
And long to feel lh* increasing name,
.idren of the light!
The Spirit and the bride invite.
li. F .
Ye who your native vfleoeai mourn,
And 10 the sjreat Redee.ner turn,
Who see your wretched state
1 Ye blessed of the Lord, come in.'
>/. F .
Jesus, my Saviour and my all,
Methinks I hear thy gentle 1
are the sounds that chide my stay,
4 Arise, my love, anil come away.'
;/. F .
Amazing grace: and
Prove disobedient to thy will?
Ah! no: dear Lord, the watery tomb
Belongs to thee, and there I come.
If .
Apostles trod this holy ground,
This is the road believers go;
My Je&U 111 1: .nd,
1 charge m\ soul to tread it too.
J. Stt
With lowly minds, and lofty songs,
Let all admire the Saviour's grace,
Till the great rising day reveal
Th' immortal glory of his face.
To Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,
We humbly dedicate our powers;
If with Jehovah's blessings crown'd,
Immortal happiness is ours.
468- nsth.
Bethcsda 11J, Swithin's 44.
An Address to the Holy Spirit.
D\D. celestial D
And make thy presence known;
utr Saviour's lo\e,
.1 us For thine
•\1 by thee, our works are vaio,
Nor can itancegaio.
When our incarnat-. I
The sovereign Prii
In Jordan's >« 1
r. 'd the hol] rite.
In open \ :own,
And d g to crown.
G 4
47 1, «W
it wcta glory thonr,
.ch »ji shewn wci ;
.'» head the hr.
4
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M shad end,1 thy promne nm.
469 ;«■.
* -le J, James's 163.
P\ ' my wond-
Den; [rousfiace
■ fv, and is U» .
-I'd
lord,
roubles of the way
>• U.lXl
■*# c*-i!j be put inu : jer.
I CM. Dr. DoJJnAgt.
Charleston 19S, Hammond 236.
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Bless'd emblem of that previous blood
\ it rcno»jtin.:
• Which makes the
1 ''in pattern. Lord, with sacred joy
• ep in tstw ,
Our us— ulattou too.
THE LORD si i
i
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A pttfotjir,-, Tmmmgkt/mr /is l*rJt Swfftr,
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1 own these •uumu, aod I adore :
Iwo, he prepares a roy ai farot,
|«M1 fesjn d tbj ^-»'p , anj. bj L-ore
473, 474
THE LORD'S SUPPER.
475, 476
Whence flow thcae favour-; so divine:
Lord I why n lavish of thy btuod!
Wli) tor Midi earthly toon M mine,
This heavenly wine, this sacred food I
Twas his own love that made him bleed,
That nail'd him to the cursed tree;
M'was Ins own love this table sprea I,
For such unworthy guests as we.
6
Then let us OWtC the Saviour's love ;
I , faith, and feed upon the Lord;
With {lad consent our lips shall move,
And sweet hosannas crown the board.
C M. SteeU.
Irish 171, LrainiieeJ..
An Invitation to the Gttptl Feast,
Luke xiv. SB.
YF wretched, hungry, starving poor,
Behold a ro\al feast1
Where mercy spreads her bounteous store,
For cverv humble guest.
8
Sec Jesus stands with open arms ;
He < all,, he bids you come :
Guilt hold> you hack, and tear alarms ;
But see, there yet is room—
3
Room in the Saviours bleeding heart,
There love and pity meet.
I Nor will he bid the soul depart
That trembles at his feet.
4
I n him the Father reconcile
Invites vour souls to tome;
The rebel shall be call'd a child,
And kindly welcom'd home.
5
O come, and with his children taste
The blessings of his love ;
W hile hope attends the sweet repast
Of nobler joys above.
6
There, with united heart and voice,
Before th' eternal throne.
Ten thousand thousand souls rejoice,
In ecstasies unknown.
And yet ten thousand thousand more
Are welcome still to come \
Ye longing souls, the grace a. lore,
Approach, there yet is room.
474- L.M. Dr. W
Yarmouth 128, Dresden ITS, Rowles 73.
Christ dying, rising, and reigning.
HE dies ! the friend of sinners dies !
Lo, Salem "s daughters weep around !
A solemn darkness veils the skies!
A sudden trembling shakes the ground !
Come ! saints, and drop a tear or two
For him who gtoan'd beneath your load ;
He shed a thousand drops tor you,
A thousand drops of richer blood!
Here's love and grid beyond degree,
I he Lord ot glon <!u-s foi men •
Hut loi what sudden joys w
lesus the dead iiv Ives agala '
The rising God forsakes the tombl
t-P to ins i .uhei's eonrts he flies;
Cherubic legions guard him '
And shout lum welcome to the skies!
3
Break off your tears, re samts, and tell
How high our great deliverer I
Sing how he spoil 'd the hosts i
And led the monster, death, in chains!
Say, ' Live for ever, wondrous King,
4 Born io redeem, and strong to save!
Then a4; the monster, ' Where'- thy sting '
* And wtvere's thy victory, boasting grave i'
475. CM. J.Sttnneii.
Liverpool S3, Cambridge New 74.
A Sacramental Hymn.
JESUS: O word divinely sweet!
How charming is the sound !
What joyful news I what heavenly sense
In that dear name is found!
Our souls ail guilty, and condemn 'd,
In bopeleai tetters lay;
Our souls, with numerous sins deprav'd,
To death and hell a prey.
3
Jesus, to purge away this guilt,
A willing victim tell,
And on his cro*, triumphant broke
The bands ot death and hell.
4
Our foes were mighty to destroy,
He mighty was to save,
He died, but could not long be held
A prisoner in the grave.
5
Jesus! who mighty art to save,
stiU push thy conquests on ;
Extend the triumphs of thy cross,
W here'er the sun has shone
6
O captain of salvation' make
Thy power mm\ mercy known ;
Till crowds or willing convert! C4 me
And worship at thy throne.
47(7. L. M. J. Stennett.
Chard 175, Bramcoate S.
A Sacramental Hymn.
THUS we commemorate the dav,
On which our deatest Lord was slain
This we our pious homage pay,
Till he appear on earth again. '
o
Come, great Redeemer, open wide
The curtains of the parting -
On a bright cloud in tnumph rule,
And on the wind's ■win pinions tiy.
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THE I.ORD's SUPPEH.
482, 483
See where he langui>h'd on the cross;
Beneath mir >ms he groan'd and died;
he »n\ to plead ciur auue,
B\ his almight] I "thei '■> lide.
Bliotd his bleeding h
There love in t i «.»« •. i -> of sorrow reigns;
He triumphs o'ei the killing -nun.
And seals our plca-uic Willi nil pains.
4
Or if we ( iimi) th1 eternal hills,
Where the deai i uthron'd ;
Sidl in ln> lieaj l
Near the memorials ol liis wound.
5
How shall vile pardon 'd rebels show
How muili thej lone their dying Sod J
Loid, tx
\Se hate die sins thai cost ihy blood.
o
Commerce no more we hold with hell,
Our dearest kisls shall all depart ;
But let thme image evei dwell,
Stampt as a seal on cveiy Heart.
481- L. M. Dr. S Stmnett.
Portugal 97, Rippon'
The Triumphs nf thi Cross.
NO more, dear 9aviour, will I boast
i loud applause :
Id bain all its glories lost,
Amid the triumphs of thy cross.
In every feature of th;
Beauty her fairest charms display*;
Truth, wisdom, majesty, and grace,
Shine tlience in sweetly-mingled rays.
Thy wealth the power of thought transcends,
'1 is vast, immense, and jll divine:
Thy emnne. Lord, o'er worlds extends :
1 he sun, the moon, the siais are thine.
4
Yet, (O how marvellous the sight ')
I see thee on a cross expire ;
Thy Godhead ved'd in sable night;
And angels from the scene retire.
But why from these sad n^ncs retreat'
W hy with your wings your faces hide?
He ne'er appeal great,
As when he bow'd his head and died.
6
The indignation of a I
On him avenging justice hurl'd:
Beneath the weight he lumly stood,
And noblj >a\'d a falling world.
Those triumphs of stupendous
Surprise, rejoice, and melt my heart i
Lord, at thy cross I stand and gaze,
Nor would 1 ever thence depart i
482- CM. Dr. J. Sir.-
Wants
moment at Hymn.
L.i thy tank i behold
onders or thy
Bui most ot all admire thai I
Should find a welcome pine: —
I that am all delil'd with sin,
. to my God ;
I that have crucified hi
And trampled on fib
\\ hat strange surprising grace is this,
I ha I sin.li a soul has room !
by the band,
My Jesus bids me com*.
I
• In, ') in. iviour cries,
' 1 'he feast Was made tor \ou,
1 Foi you l :;iu.iii'ii. and bled, and died,
1 And ro.-c, and iiuiinpii'd loo.'
Willi trembling faith, and bleeding hearts,
Lord, we accept thj I
' 1 1- .i i ich banquet we have had,
What win a be above*
o
Ye saints below, and hosts of heaven,
Join all your praising powers,
No theme is like redeeming love,
No Savioui i» like ouis.
7
Had I ten thousand hearts, dear Lord,
I'd five them all to thee:
\\.\A 1 ten thousand tongues, they all
Should join the h.imu Q] .
48). c. If. Dr. s. Stimuli.
Bangor 23 1, Woiksop .'A.
My Flesh is Me.it i/hiee.i, John vi. 53—55.
ERE at thy table. Lord, we meet,
ro feed on food divine:
is the bread we eat,
ihy precious blood the wine.
He that prepares this rich repast,
Himself cornea down and
And then invites lis, thus to feast
Upon the sacrifice.
3
The bitter torments he endur'd
Upon the shameful
For us, hit welcome quests, procur'd
These heart-reviving joys.
4
His body torn with rudest hands
Becomes the finest bread:
And, wuli the blessing he commands,
Our noblest hopes .t:
"'
His blood, that from each op'ning vein
In purple torrents ran,
Hath tul'd this cup with ■en'rous wine,
That cheers boih God and man.
G o
H
III!-: LORD' SUPPER.
486, 487
sure Dm
• l*-art of roc,
Mi Jews, H D
484. L.M. BtdAmt.
Fortur.i
John v
So (a,
il< I it-,..,
Knihron'd above, with e^ual {low
• ! Hu*i
' > lie bears a ;
And : ..ri.
>
Mill Ui> ■ re the uim,
our mruwi and our paint.
485- I
Wantage IM| Cluim.ia-
Ihi Homitri vf Htdtmftiom.
\. id the ju*t,
■ -vr» lo m retchedncia and dust,
•
rone,
Mil radiant throne on hijh,
;iovn ')
id, and die.
a
place,
I I, what hcasenly wonden dwell
' 'iom bell,
And rebels brought i
5
•
toe'
urn un I impart
mMcw heart,
-
486 C U Dr. DoJdriSg,
Irish 171, MulaclH 119.
Room at tkt Cctftl !
I rn h» table spreads
A An'! . i, the board;
Not paradise, with all Iti
Could »uU. delight afford.
iunf men,
Ande.:
- ik h blood that Jetoi died
• : the R>uJ to he
Ye hungry poor, that loeg have
m your most
An
appear.
* war,
house and heart »<• large,
•ne,
All ihmgi are ready; cone away,
emk t \, u.r, itimr ,
Crowd to your place* at the
And bleu the founder*! djjdc.
U arHjm 1 17, Rochlocd 2?.
CtmmmuM vitk Chrut at kit Tablt.
' ] ' ,n, our exalted Lord. adord)
A cheerful song of sacred praise.
But all the n<-!<-» whs* h mortaii know
Arc weak, and languishing, and low ,
; jootc our humble towft,
Tnc Utcmc demand* immortal tonguet.
Yet while around hi* hoard we meet,
A nd humbly worship at hi* '■■
O let our warm affection* store,
In glad return* of grateful 1
4
l-ct faith . i<-s aid,
To *ec t' i
Hi) broken flr*l . t * hleedmr
Jful agon in ng pain*.
vtential woe,
>ing samlet impart
cars.
488, 489
MORNING AND KVKNINC
490, 491
488. C. M. StccU.
Liverpool B, Oxford 177.
Praise to the Redeemer.
TO our Redeemer's glorious name
Awake the wcred n
0 may Ml love (immoital Maine ')
Tune every heart ami tongue.
I
His love what mortal thought can reach !
U hat mortal tongue display :
Imagination's utmost stretch
In wonder dies away.
3
He left his radiant throne on high,
Left the bright realms of bli>s.
An I came to earth to bleed and die! —
Was ever love like this'
4
Dear Lord, while we adoring pay
Our humble thanks to thee,
May ever;, heart with rapture say,
' The Saviour died for me.'
5
O may the sweet, the blissful theme
Fill every heart and tongue:
Till strangers love thy charming name,
And join the suc.ed song.
489- H8th. Dr.S.Stennett.
Carmarthen New 35, Swithin's 44.
A Song of Praise to Christ.
COME, every pious heart
That loves the Saviour's name,
Your noblest powers evert
To celebrate his fame :
Tell all above, and all below,
The debt of love to him you owe.
1
Such was his zeal for God,
And such his love for you,
He nobly undertook
\\ hat Gabriel could not do :
His every deed of love and grace
All words exceed, and thoughts surpass.
1 le left his starry crown,'
And laid nil robe iskfc :
On wings of lo\e came down,
I, and died .
\\ hat he endur'd, t) who can tell,
To save oui souls from death and hell?
4
From the dark grave hr ro*e,
The mamiun of the
And thence his mighty foes
In glorious triumph led:
Up thro' the sky the conqueror rode,
And reigns on high, the Saviour God.
5
From thence he'll quickly comet
His chariot will not slay,
And bear our spirits home
To realms of endless day:
There shall we see his lovely face,
And ever be in his embrace.
6
Jesus, we ne'er can pay
The debt we owe thy love :
Yet tell us how we may
Our gratitude approve:
Our hearts, our all, to thee we give;
The gift, tho' small, thou wilt receive.
490- L. M. President Davies.
Portugal 97, Horsley 205, Rowks 73.
Self -Dedication at the Lord's Table.
LORD, am I thine, entirely thine?
Purchas'd and sav'd by blood divine;
VS ith full consent thine I would be;
And own thy sovereign right in me.
8
Thee, my new Master now I call,
And consecrate to thee my all :
Lord let me live and die to thee,
Be thine thro' all eternity.
TIMES AND SEASONS.
MORNING AND EVENING.
491- CM.
Bedford 'J I, Foster 96.
A Morning Hymn.
TO thee, let my first offerings rise,
VN hosC sun creates the day,
Swift as his gladdening influence flies,
And spotless as lib ray.
This day thy favouring hand be nigh:
So ort vouchsaf'd before!
Still may it lead, protect, supply!
And 1 that hand a :
3
If bliss thy providence impart,
For which re:ign'd !
Give me to feel the graietu, heart 1
And without guilt be gay!
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■ n, wuh welcome tlumbcn preu'd,
*l ICO,
id, lave met
la deaths ttemenduus gloom.
A Utouund pieaum
il tongt,
I — .
Outturn y\ Broadroead 150.
Mtnimg.
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c!p mc 10 bd
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SPRH
499, 500
I
1 lie ill tint I i
Th.it, with the thee,
I sleep, at pea ce ina\ be.
<\ tli.it I ma
a> litata as m
mc to die, thai mi 1 may
Rise gloiious at the
<> let my soul on thee I
A ad may sweet sleep mine
that shall me more vigorous maVr
'in terve my *■■
I
If in the ni^hi I sleep:
.1 wuh heavenly thoughts supply:
! ;i dreams disturb mj rest,
.aikness me molest.
e God, Ice.
- c. M. M .
Irish 171, Great Milton J I-'.
An Evening Hymn.
NOW from the altar of our hearts
I et flames <>f lose arise ;
Assist at, Lord, to oiler up
Our evening ><a:mice.
'2
Minutes ami mercies multiply d
Have made up all this daj ,
Minutes came quick, but mercies were
• switt and tree than thev.
■ne, new favour, and new joys,
Do a new son? require ;
Till we shall praise thee u we would,
K our hearts' desire.
4
Lord of our days, whose hand hath set
New time upon the score;
Thee may we praise for ad our time,
W hen time shall be no more.
THE SEASONS OF THE YEAR.
498. CM. Wttdmrnm.
Michael's 11°, Evan
On the Spring.
rT"MIE icy chains that bound the earth
_L Are now dissolvM and gone:
I by the sun, the blooming spring
Puts his new livery on.
I
Where awful desolation reign'd
Bless'd plenty rears her head ;
Exulting with a mule to see
Her late destrover fled.
Teeming with life, th' advancing run
Protract* the falling dj\ ,
Grand light of heaven ! he seems to wish
To make a longer stay.
i set,
lies:
Short is h I soon
Nh -<ml, in every scene admire
. ■
Behold the God in every plant,
i \ opening ilower.
6
Yet in his word, the God of grace
Has wrote hii fay-ei n
l he wonder* ot redeeming love
My noblest wm^ shall uj m.
7
With warmest beams, thou God of grace
Shine on this heart ot mine ;
Turn thou my winter into spring,
And lie the glory thine.
♦99. s. m.
Mansfield 134, FinsLury 155.
The Return rf the Spring celebrated.
FROM winter's barren clods,
From winter's jo\ less waste.
The spring in sudden youth appears,
With blooming beauty grae'd.
I
How balmy is the air!
11 w warm the soiar beams'
And to refresh the ground, the rains
Descend in gentle streams.
3
Great God. at thy command
Seasons in order r;5e:
Thy power and love in concert reign
Thro' earth, and seas, and skies.
4
With grateful praise we own
Thy provideniial hand.
While grass for kine, and herb and corn
For men enrich the land.
But greater still the gift
or thine incarnate -
ireiveneflt, peace, n
Thro endiessages run.
500. cm.
Braintree 85, Foster 96, Salem |
The Spring im
Bl Ilol.n lon»-wish'd-forspring iscome,
How altered is the M
The trees and shrubs are dress'd in bloom,
The earth arrav'd m green.
2
Where'er we tread, the clustering flower*
Beauteous around us spring :
The birds, with mint harmonious powers,
Invite our hearts In
3
But ah! in vain I strive to join,
Opprest with sin and doubt;
winter still wiilnn.
Tho' all is spring without.
TIMES AND -
Break tl ro' thrte rloudt and thine,
ll in I,
:i:ne.
thrive,
And bkmoni like the roar:
Abridge 201, Bangor 231.
Om .: >nint Drnmgit.
Tin ipntie, great (>«>d.at :■
lurr, foliage, bloomt and tlowrrv,
T* adorn her inrn, appear.
1
•Meout wrath
MM 4 , 0
And rlcoirn
mi
I.. hlM o
r lo ilciiro) .
The tun, thy mi-
That from thr naked ground
I ill thr hidden teedt to birth.
And tpreadt their heautiet I
4
At thr dread
:arrt destructive firct; fdrnorhr.
llillt, plainv, aod valet, arr parch'd with
And blooming bfe eipirev
Likr burmU;'.
In angry tr
And into ir
the heaven around
■ joy leu wane.
our dittma,
with our land contend ;
Bid the avenging »kiet relent,
And Uioui nd!
i M.
Ann ■ 31.
On *i J */ R l:m.
II
And i
l!av
•ar to year,
But we thy memet have abus'd
oundtng crm
bating hrigi-.tt in »in.
Mark and dttf race oar umcn
3
Equal, tho' awful, u the doom,
< rain
Should into inundatiom twell,
.»!■ the ruing grain'
4
U in the autumnS reign,
Vv hen we had bop
Should lit AJ> badcout heap •
"1. have merry on our land,
■ ..->c in uru.i.udr.l <ta« I
tarn
<- .inaJVw dr
Or mullet <!.
oil Hundred too, Dresden I7S.
71/ CaJ ef Timm.lt r.
O
W ho treji
And twayt the nations with in. nod •
I BwJt,
Me ipeak
•
Well, lei
At the bli
\
Let none and flame confound the skirt,
And drown the sinciom realm* b*
Yet will we ting thr Thunderer's praur,
And tend our loud hoaannas I
il K:nr. gfcy hazing f
Kindles
And c. • i raff*J voter.
That thai I thr God - mr,
And lirhtmngt round hn chariot play ,
Ye hghi'mrsfs. fli
Ye glorious storms prepare hat way.
CM.
Devon 14, Is arts S 190.
Smmumtr—am Hjrtut Hymm.
Lord,
I
:
The smilin
thr powen :
I ri-me f> rfji
Hit covenant with thr earth he keep* ;
My tongue, ha good new
Summer and winter know their time.
Hit harvest crowns thr tpiing.
\S ell plrat'd the tmutsff rwaim brhuld
I lie «•
( .heavrtawa*.
And tow again ta I
I He iftdi of n^nlrcHi %!*<*«• :
-
SUMMER— WINTER.
507, 508
Then, in the last great harvest,
Mull reap a ftorioui crop i
The harvest shall by far exceed
What 1 have sown in hope.
505. cm.
Abridge 201, Clurmouth2S.
Harvest — or, the accepted Time and Day of
Salvation, Prov. x. 5.
QUE bow the little toiling ant
O Improves the harvest hours ;
While Maimer lasts, thro' all her cells
The choicest store* she pours.
\\ rule life remains, our harvest lasts;
But youth of life's the prime;
Bi si is this season for our work,
And this ih' accepted time.
J
men I, is Wisdom's voice ;
lomorrow, Folly cues:
U lo-inorrow 'tis, when, oh!
1 o day the sinner dies
4
When conscience speaks, its voice regard,
An ! seize the tender hour ;
; Humbly implore the promis'd grace,
And God will give the power.
506- C. M. Steele.
Worksop 31, Crowle3.
Winter.
STERN winter throws his icy chains,
Encircling nature roun.l ;
How bleak how comfortless ihe plains,
Late with gay verdure crown'u1
1
The sun withdraws his vital beams,
And light and wanntli depart ;
An 1 dro nature seems
An emblem of my heart —
3
M) heart, where mental winter reijns
In night's dark mantle dad,
Confin'd in cold inactive chains,
How desolate and sad I
4
'Return, O blissful sun, and bring
Tin soul-reviving ,
This mental winter shall be spring,
Tins darkness cheerful day.
5
O happy state, divine abode,
\\ liere spring eternal reigns;
And perfect day, the smile of God,
Fills all the heaven l\ plain*
6
Great source of light thy beams display,
M> drooping joyi restore,
An i guide me to 'the seats of day,
Where winter frowns no more.
507- I • M. S'rrvton.
New Sabbath 10, Rothwell 174.
Winter.
SEE, how rude wintet's icy hand
Has stripp'd the trees and seal'd the
ground;
But spring shall soon his rage withstand,
And spread new beauties all around.
2
My soul a sharper winter mourns,
Barren and fruitless 1 remain ;
When will the gentle spring return,
And bid my graces grow •gain!
3
|esus, my glorious sun, arise!
' lis thine the frozen heart to move ;
O : hush these storms, and clear my skies,
And let me feel thy vital love :
' 4
Dear Lord, regard my feeble cry,
I faint and droop nil thou appear:
Wilt thou permit thy plant to die »
Must it be winter all the year?
5
Be still, my soul, and wait his hour
With humble prayer and patient faith j
Till he reveals his gracious power,
Repose on what his promise saith.
6
He. by whose all-commanding word
Seasons their changing course maintain,
In every change a pledge affords,
1 aat none shall seek his face in vain.
50S. L. M.
Gloucester 12, Coomb's 45.
The Seasons crowned vith Goodness,
Psalm l\v. II.
ETERNAL source of every joy !
Well may thy praise our lips employ,
While in thy temple we appear
To hail thee Sovcreigh ot the year.
Wide as the wheels of nature roll,
Thy hand suppoits and guides the whole!
The sun is taught by thee to rise,
And daikness when to veil the skies.
3
The flowery' spring, at thy command,
Perfumes the air and paints the Ian J ;
The summer rays with vigour shine
To raise the corn and cheer the vine.
4
Thy hand, in autumn, richly pours
Thro' all our coasts redundant stores ;
And winters, soften'd by thy care.
No more the face of horror wear.
Seasons, and months, and weeks, and days,
Dcm in I >u. costive songs of praise :
And be the grateful ho iia,'e paid,
v\ ith morning light and evening shade.
o
Here in thy house let mcens
And circling sabbaths bless om
Till to those lofty heights we soar.
Where da\s and years revel vc no more.
SOD, 510
TIMK.S AM) "
511,51
i»1 DAY.
. 5 .
AU
'
V I
•
.'.»<!<•> of death i
Yd w*m
jsdtol
On wl»eh no pd
trcrvt,
ST
r:r » im i.cirl, l. k.i, u«r j.m >ci.
I 120.
Htlfpbtan
GKl muliijr hand,
>iid:
iktMl
Let mere) u^n n
.1!<: .1 1,
*"n.
And h^j< clul 4c**c IxKxc U
,.«cdordc|»n.fi,
r rcrt.
rrupi I
i th' angeiic toof .
Alcoicr 213, Eoih Abbef 1*7-
A B*nk-D.ir //>-■», I
T
1
HiihciioUi!
V\ hai nuf be rr
« rll 1 know coKCta atMC{
...i let m; be*rt at reu,
VN tut thj will ufdaiat a bcu.
- ui.cm.ne;
■
Guard in
■
-jvc me frutn ibe Ivikmc MM.
i nin< «ijjt
*ce«e
• uac rtqwex.
c and death «•
till ij«Cvm .v*«
513, 514
MEETING AND PARTING.
515, 511
M |. CM.
11940.
A M i.iMng Hymn.
SINCE Jttua bred] <iul appear
feast:
• here
J g nuke a wedding guest.
I' pon the bridal pair look d
Who now have plighted hands;
Their un ivour crown,
And bleat their Duptial bands.
trace their hearts endow,
best I
Their substam -.-ace bestow
Tu sweeten all the rest.
4
Jn purest love their >ouls w
That (hey, with i hi
May mak
By taking mutual share.
True helpen may they prove indeed,
In pi : . and hope;
ula their household up.
As Isaac an-! Rebecca give
A pattern chaste an I
So may this married couple live,
And d:e in friendship join'd.
7
On every soul assembled here,
O make thy face to shine ;
our hearts can cheer,
Irian richest food or wine.
M. S'ewton.
Bram I TJ.
.at Friends— At
. ting.
KINDRED in Christ, for his dear sake,
A hearty welcome here rei
May wc together now partake
The joys which only he can \
1
1 To you and us by grace 'tis given
!To know the Saviour's precious name;
And shortly we shall meet in i raven,
Our hope, our way, our enJ, the same.
| May he, by whose kind care we ;:.
Send his good Spirit
Make our communication -
1 And cause our hearts to bum wi.
I
Foi gotten be each world!} tl
When Christians see each other thus;
We only wish to speak «■: dun,
W ho hv'd, and died, and reigui for us.
We'll talk of all he did and
And suffer'd for us here be
The path he mark'd for us to tread,
And what he's doing for us now.
Thus, as the moment
We'll love, and wonder,
When we shall meet to pail no more,
m 22 J.
At Parting.
FOR a season call'd to part,
Let us now ourselves commend
lo the gracmus eve and heart
■
•I
car our humble prayer!
lender Shepherd ol
Let thy mercy and th
All our souls in safe;.
3
In thy strength may we be strong,
-- and pain:
if we live, ere
In thy peace to mcu
4
Then if thou thy help afford,
Ebenezers shad be rear' 1 ;
And our souls shall praise the Lord
Who our poor petitions heard.
6 I. M. Dr. Doddridge.
Magdalene 214, Portugal 97.
The Ciristiam Fartwtll, 1 Cor. \iii. 11.
THY presence, everlasting God,
Vr all nature spreads abroad;
I hj watchful e\e?, which cannot sleep,
In every place thy children keep.
While near each oilier we remain,
Thou dost our lives and souls sustain;
W hen absent, happy it we share
Thy smiles, ihy counsels, and thy care.
3
To thee we all our ways commit.
And seek our comforts near thy feet;
Still on our souls vouchsafe to shine.
And guard, and guide us still as thine.
\
i thy beloved house,
our thankful vows;
Or, it that ji y no more I* ka
Give us to meet around thy throne.
513, L. M. fir. A. fttt
Ul version 179. Lew ton 30.
F ir/v Pietr. U
HOW soft the words my Saviour speaks!
ind the promi
. d reed he never bfl
Nor will he quench the smoking
The humble poor he won't despise,
Nor on the contrite sinner ::
His ear is open to then
He quick!) sends salvauou down.
5
I I M I - AM) -I V
When
'ring winds,
r ioic.
lie area the »«rut;>» thai prevail
n the power-
i
•r may end j
And judgment unto vicfiy send.
IXxhiridlt.
Salem I .1 190.
Tke Etuomragtimemt voarar/ Pari— r ka*t to
y good,
Ye heart!
The (>«
H'atti
C rrmi Handled VJ, L'UerUon 179.
A lovely )omik fa/lime *mt *J Heaven
Mart 1
M
Fhc man who tout;
Taid tnr-.
■
Who thought he w.
YEhea
And (urn
gvur warm,
:harm,
1 of all the worlds on high,
And I-
jrtue.
' The aoul that longs to see my face
• r-iin ;
>-ek my grace
•.t \cr x-ck in \am '
4
I mere,
md my love,
Away, ye false delusive toys,
Vain'tcmpirn of the mind'
J or here tiue bias I nrsd.
. .». CM. Dr.DoJJiuiet.
I mfdamofCoJ, Matt
Nl Irt a true amifttion
Ann LkO,
To rrign
M • I ■.: -4 inc.- -*r-M 1 ;. wj>.
• -at he boasted to,
' Tier and glory go
.
Ah, foolish cho.. ■
'a%e world be
And lite and heaven to rbei, '■
In vain the charms of r
A nd make me 1
F'Tvcett.
I tUamn l<. M .
art in t v-njuc.
w
O make a tt I am joung,
may cleanse n.
,.,t.
Make an
Theobtei
Help me la
And fly fi
Mi heart to hJty prone.
And make me wboi
o let Ihe
M]
DAYS OF HUMILIATION.
524, 525
> it ih) laws impart
whole soul inclin'd ;
O lei ihem dwell within my lieart,
And nnctif] my mind.
7
Mj> thy young servant learn
h\ these to i leanse hu way;
Ami may I hen- the pain discern
1 ii.it leads to endless day.
■v's altered,
I 150, Chatham 59.
The Importance of educating Youth.
Congregation
Now let ooi hearts conspire to raise
A cheerful anthem to his praise
w ho reigns enihron'd above :
i el as ioceiue, use
v\ uh grateful odoun to the >kie-,
ik of Joy and Icve.
Children.
Teach u-. t<> ix.w before thy face ;
Nor lei our heart* tor^et thy grace,
hi thy provuh me,
When lost in ignorance we lay,
e ami death an ta>y prey,
Thy goodaesi cnatch'd us thence.
Congregation.
O what a numYoui rate we see,
trance and m
Unprincipled, untaught !
Shall tlu ,1 to lie
In ignorance and misery.'
annot l>ear the thought.
Chili' <n.
Give, Lord, each liberal soul to prove
i of thine exbaustless love ;
And while thy praise we sing,
Way we the sacred scripturei know,
And like the Messed jesui grow,
Ihat earth and heaven may ring.
.'it inn.
I a sympathizing heart ;
. lis a pleasure to impart ;
1*0 thee thine own we give:
Hear thou our cr) , and pity mg see,
O let the>e children live to thee,
O let these children live.
CM. J.Straphan.
Bath Chapel 26, Ciowle 3.
The Same.
Dl.V.sT is the man whose heart expands
13 At melting pity's i all,
And the ri< h blessings oi whose hands
Like heavenly manna fall.
8
Mercy descending from above,
ftest accents pi
O' may each lender boson move
When mere) intercedes,
3
Be ours the bliss in wisdom's way
To guide untutor'd \ onth.
And lead the mind that went astiay
l'o virtue and to truth.
Children our kind protection claim,
And Ood will well approve,
When intants learn to lisp Ins name,
And then Crealoi love.
s
Delightful work I young souls to win,
Ami turn the rising rat t
From the deceitful path-, ol tin,
To seek redeeming ^ia«.c
0
Almighty God I thy mtluencc shed
In aid tllll good design:
The honours oi thy name be spread,
And all the glory thine.
CM.
Bangor 231, Wantage 20 L
Old Age approaching ; or, Man frail and
mortal.
ETERNAL God, enthron'd on high!
\\ bom angel-hosts adore;
Who yet to suppliant dust art nigh;
Tliy presence l implore.
9
O guide me down the steep of age,
And keep my passions cool:
Teach me to scan the sacred page,
And practise every rule.
3
My flying years time urges on,
What's human mutl lecaj ,
My friends, my young companions gone,
Can 1 expect to stay?
4
Can I exemption plead, when death
Projects his awful dart'
Can med'eines then prolong my breath,
Or virtue shield my heart I
5
Ah ! no— then smooth the mortal hour,
On thee my hope depends ;
Support me with almighty power,
W bile dust to dust descends.
6
Then shall my soul, O gracious God,
W hile angels join the lay,)
Admitted to the bless 'd abode,
Its endless anthems pay. —
7
Thro' heaven, howe'er remote the bound,
Thy matchless love proclaim,
And join the choir of saints that sound
Their great Redeemer's name.
FAST AND THANKSGIVING DAYS.
525. cm.
Carolina 1J, Windsor 247.
For a Public Fait.
SEE. gracious G<xJ, before thy throne
I by mourning people bend I
'lis on thy sovereign grace alone
Our humble hopes depend.
581
T1M1
IVHMi I ■ 'ulfmcnt. fr-.Ti I . I J-. 1
. -i'.il . Jinl »!.a '
■a in. rotiui*i i/7.
Om
1 | .;■, J l'r.1
ytrfmr J*.
L
l!«
Bnfhi
-rare adore,
.
invade,
We »' .
rear
M r .
Abridge 201, Charvouth 38.
: awe,
W
W nh what weeew, wha« wondiouj (race,
\s at hu pctr-
MX
Ion HghftM u
t in vain
ottf
>lhce
w»c* Mead our bn
0 v,- i.
:he boaUed ikmbo of war
I
.nU-»» llie l<
1 ».; aim alone u Britain"! ducJd.
j i trad our humble pi
Again be oxro
■ r counnk guide,
> rif lit hand our caute win
lillwj: tagrauUide,
And pca<.e ic»ume her geaile ingn.
:ie ih« penod Inng
W hen raffing war dull waate do m
ii wing
.miij'i tboref
When dull the goat
■
IS i>ra ling ray
•readen r78.
\\
\Jtdjm, Ann* .
1 1 \» !.i>rn !>m ii
The
. ourgu*
mi |-a«;c»l liere.
DAYS OF HUMILIATION.
531, 532
\
VYe plead thy Bosrt tunning I
We plead ihy gracious pron
And .ire they unavailing ph
6
; m, presented bi thy throne,
lughl ten thousand blessings down
I ljn b in helpless ■
Let them pjBVBtl to sa\e us too.
CM.
Cambridge New 74, ln»h 171.
::ory over our Emmies.
ri "*() i i HI supreme above,
L And reign's! supreme below,
Thou God <>t « i, and love,
u e our tucccnes owe.
8
The thundering horse, the martial band,
Without Ihi ■ on ;
And victor) Biei at thy command
own the bright campaign.
Thy mighty arm unseen was nigh,
When we our toes asstii'd ;
Tis thou bast rais'd our honours high,
And o'er their hosts pievuil'd.
4
-. mnds, their carni>s, their lofty tow'rs
In:o our hands are given,
>t ours,
But thro' the grace ot heaven.
5
What tho' no columns lifted high
leep Miscno'd witli praise,
.uling honours to the sky
Our grateful tongues shall raise.
i>
To our young I roclaim
The mercies God has shown ;
That they may learn to bless his name,
Anu thouse him for their own.
Thus, while we deep in silent dust,
tnreatening dangers come,
Their fathers' God shad be their trust,
. refuge, and ibeii .•■.ouje.
Derby ld.>, Portugal iJ7.
Pc 7.
N Britain long a favour'd isle.
whelm'd with guilt and
ice more to smile ;
. thy grace the
Let peace descend with bain
And all its blessings rouni her shed ;
Her liberties be
And commerce lift its tainting head :
Let the loud cannon cease to roar,
■ i! like trump no longer sound ;
The dm of arms be heard no nunc,
Nor human blood pollute the ground.
o
let hostile troops drop from their hands
a old, the glittering speai ,
m in friendship^ sat red bands,
Not one dissentient voice be there.
3
rhus save, <) Lord, .i sinking land;
■U then adore,
: (he honour of thy name,
And spread thy praise from shore to shore.
L.M.
am 117, Redemption 243,
Old Hundred 100.
Praise for national Peace, Psalm vlvi. 9.
GREAT Ruler of the earth and skies,
\ word ot thy almighty breath
Can sink the world, or bid it rise;
I hy smile is life, thy frown u death.
]
When angry nations rush to arms,
And ra. mil tumult reigns,
And war rc> ftindl its dire alarms,
And slaughter spreads the hostile plains;
Thy sovereign eye looks calmly down.
And murk* their course, and bounds their
Thy word the angry nations own, [ pow'r :
And noise- and war are heard no more.
4
Then peace returns with balmy wing,
[Sweet peace, with her what blessing! fled'.)
Glad plenty laughs, the vallies sing,
Reviving commerce litis her head.
5
Thou good, and wise, and righteous Lord,
All move subservient to thy will;
An I peace and war await thy word,
And thy sublime decrees fulfil.
6
To thee we pay our grateful songs,
Thy kind protection still iinj
0 may our hearts, and lives, and tongues,
Confess thy goodness, and adore.
I. M.
Hordey jo~>, Bramcoate 8.
Thanksgiving for national Deliverance, and
Improvement of it, Luke i. J
P'iE to the Lord, who bows his ear
Propitious to hi> people'-, prayer,
And, tho' deliverance lo g delay,
s in his weil-choscn div.
2
Salvation doth to God belong;
His power and grace shall be our song;
1 he tribute of our love we bring
To thee, our Saviour and our king »
Our temples, guarded from the flame.
Shall echo thy triumphant name;
And every peaceful private home
To thee a temple sl>
4
Still be it our supreme delight
To walk as in thy honoured
Hence in thy precepts an i v
' I id lues last hour to perse •
3J3, 'I J \
6
I l».ltoJ+i4gt.
J Stmg for Iki
])
An- 1, \» lute,
Math vJ.jiii J i ughUetl
nij'ai
raw
ca>*.
i (i a hunting
from !.<j\cn a piercing ray,
And the dark ticachcry brought :
^
A. tl.eir
L»"<1 appc.nv,
■ u their
1
cd their (light wheu none pur*ue.
cat deliverance Cod hath wrought,
■ n i<> u» valval
A Mil kdlt the .m l.i-jvcn
■ hadi given.
•
there,
mpowder rU»L
I M s., '.
Aili-
For the Sth of Srnrmfxr.
To tl>. od »c hnng
I Ik Ii >unp;
• it thankful I
be will langu
skin)
i wrought i
.■•ught.
J
r power.
\gain in
■rote,
nam uwn'il the hand divine.
u»Mf
light'
in tupcrtUltoa'i night '
N ■ ' : « ur ukr.
"I II
The
:ory know*,
1
L M.
:Q5.
Number* lain. '/5.
\\ '
l ude i*ir.
And gave a para age to their hand*,
i • march acrou lis uwk
ih Cod wrought* might wcllbetaid,
VA hen Jcvu*, nunc from thr >■
Sraitrr'd the U..i
And blrv'd the nation* w.
ith God wrought' let Britain *ee,
m the plague* of Popery,
It* tenfold night, iti iron chain*,
lb galling yoke, iu cruel pi
J
What!, glad
Mull wuin
W lien, like a mill-»tone in the ma
me ihall rank, nor rue
What hath Cod wrou.
Are we redeem *d and .
Shall we be led the dewrt t'
And ufe arrive i
6
The new* *hall erery harp employ,
I iil every tongue with raptur.
When ihall we y .
To twell the inumph and the aungl
ft. I 6.
C LaUiara W, Broadmead 150.
K > .. PmrnUQ.
mrn-dtk.
>ple pray
:ign »wa« .
Oui hi.
537, 538
SICKNESS \ND RECOVEttY.
Cover !iis tncmio* with shame,
Defeat their prost I ■iskclous aim,
Ami make then councils vain ;
Preserve him, Providence divine,
And let the long illustrious line
l o latest ages reign.
4
Upon him shower thy blessings down,
Ciown him wnh giace, wuh gloiy crown,
\: .! everlasting joys;
W hile wealth, prosperity, and peace,
Our nation and our churches bless,
And praise the globs employs.
SICKNESS AND RECOVERY.
537. CM. Steele.
Charmouth -^8, Ludlow 84.
DtstrtHg the Presence of God in Affliction.
THOU only centre of my rest,
Look down with pitying ej -,
While with protrai ted pain oppresl
I breathe the plaintive sigh.
8
Thy gracious presence. () my God,
M) every Wish contains;
W uh this, beneath aftili (ion's load,
My heart no more complains.
3
This can my every' cjre controul,
Gild each dark scene with liyht;
This is the sunshine of the soul,
Without it all is night.
4
My Lord, my life, O cheer my heart
\\ Uh thy reviving ray,
Anil bid these mournful shades depart,
And bring the dawn ot day.
S
O happy scenes of pure delight!
Where thy full beams impart
j Unclouded beauty to the tight,
And rapture to the heart,
h*
Her part in those fuir realms of bliss,
M] spirit longs to know j
My wishes terminate in this,
Nor can they rest beiow.
7
Lord, shall the breathings of my heart
Aspire in vam to the*
Confirm my hope, that, where thou ait,
I shall tor ever be.
B
Then shall my cheerful spirit sing
The darksome hours away,
And rise on taiths expanded wing
To everlasting day.
538- CM. Dr. Watts.
Abridge 901, David's 186.
Complaint and Hope under great Pain.
T ORD, I am pam'd ; but I resign
JL* My body to thy will;
*i is irace, "lis wisdom all divine,
Appoints the pains 1 feel.
Daik are thy ways of providence,
W hile they who love ihee groan :
Thy reasons lie conceal 'd Iruin tea C,
Mysterious and unknown.
3
Yet nature may have leave to speak,
And plead before her God,
Lest the o'.-rhurden'd heart should break
Beneath thine heavy rod.
4
These mournful groans and flowing tears
Give my poor spirit case;
While every groan my Father hears,
And every tear he sees.
5
[How shall I glorify my God,
In bonds ot grief con (in d'
Damp (1 is my vigour while this clod
Hangs heavy on my mind.]
(>
Is not some smiling hour at hand
With jxrace upon Us wings'
Give u, o God, thy swift command,
With all the joys u brings.
539. C. M. Leech.
Windsor 247, London 150.
For a Time of general SickjUU.
DEATH, with his dread commission
Now hastens to his arms; [seal'd
In awful state he takes the field,
And sounds his dtre alarms.
2
Attendant plagues around him stand,
And wait his dread command ;
And pains and dying groans obey
The signal of his hand.
3
With cruel force he scatters round
His shafts of deadly power ;
While the grave waits its destin'd prey,
Impatient to devour.
4
Look up, ye heirs of endless joy,
Nor let )our tears prevail;
Eternal life is your reward,
W hen life on earth shall tail.
5
What tho' his darts, promiscuous hurl'd,
Deal fatal plagues around ;
And heaps ot putrid carcases
O'erload the cumber'd ground ;
6
The arrows that shall wound your flesh,
Were given him trom above,
Dipt in the great Redeemer's blood,
And feather d all with love.
7
These with a gentle hand he throws,
And sjiiUs lie gasping too;
But heavenly strength supports their souls,
And beais them conquerors thto'.
8
Joyful they stretch their wings abroad,
And all in triumph n>e
To the fan paiace of their God,
And mansions in the skies.
II
' I
n
w-BI ,
lllhr . .
Mjr kj
540. (2nd f»ft ) 9». S
UmrficUl ! •», New hmnalem OO.
fV« i/ii Cf*»ber.
mot iltrndir..
i
1 But fjtrr d>c irn
The mu-t glopuus and beautiful place.
I"" dm *rmp.
I
i.cr » aixMic.
•• ir« ri'ir* vr nnu'd.
Full o't i<» the mr«\j?r of |-
a »u|{h.
I j ■... :iwr ihcpixri!
■ ' it . u »n h*
l< »r«1 f.»
tC.Ul <llll
►cmjuI it
w ilvrr nerc
■
II
I
VN hctr jr\us the -un of die place,
i
There— i i*om to hold
•in ia»uoc rtr
ever u ci<*d,
VAiiiiUu • i.r», or nifht:
itiili ana
4
Enouch ihra— ny hrart d«il no i
■
;. S.Ptttt.
Lewa 03, Helaulejr 283, Pamswk* HR.
Swttt j{f!ictnm.—A Stmt im s Storm.
roll,
Mfien (untouiion
i Lutd.
•
•iwjrd.
Mid d*
I
.. ind jay;
II
541, 545
SICKNESS AND RECOVERY.
floods of tribulation heighten,
Billows, still around me ton,
Those that knuu Dot Chi ist— ye frighten ;
But mv iout defies >our power.
Hallelujah, &c.
6
In the acred page letorded
Thui In* worn securely stands,
1 Fear not, I'm m trouble near thee,
' Nought bluii pluclt you from my hands.
Sweet 3mVtion, rweel affliction,
Lvoiy word my love demand*.
7
All I meet I rind assist* me
In my |ia;li to heavenly joy,
u here, tuo' brink now attend me,
Titais ncv er moie annoy ;
Hallelujah, &c.
8
Bless'd there with a weight of glory,
Still the path I'll ne er Forget,
But exulting, cry, it led nc
To m> l)lev>cd Saviour1! seat —
itBktion, sweet affliction,
\\ Inch has brought to Jesus' feet.
541- (JndPart.) L.M.
Portugal 97, Rippon^ 188.
Sickness and Recovery.
AWHILE remam'd the doubtful strife,
- us gave me back my life:
— my soul, recal the word,
Til life to see thv giacious Lord.
a
Why inconvenient wni< to die?
\ tie unbelief, O teil me why i
When can it inconvenient be,
Mv loving Loid, to come to thee?
J
IDC made the spoi t of hell,
lie knew the tempter s malice well;
And when my soul had all to fear.
Then did the glorious bun appear !
4
0 bless him'— bless, ye dying saints,
The God of grace when nature taints!
He shew tl my flesh the gaping grave,
1 o shew me he had power to save.
<j 12- (1st Part.) C. M. Dr. Doddridge.
David's 186, Newb.u
Praise for Recovery from Sickness,
iv exfiii. is, 19.
SOVEREIGN of lifc I own thy hand
In every chastening Stroke ,
A I'd, while 1 smait beneath thy rod,
Thy presence 1 invoke.
To thee in my distress I cried,
An I lli ear;
erful word mv life prolung'd,
And brought salvation near.
Unfi 1 1, re ",ues oi righteousness,
That, with the pious thiong,
I may record my solemn vmv,,
And tune my gratetul song.
4
Praise to the Lord, whose gentle hand
Kenews our labouring breath:
Praise to the Lord, who makes his saint*
I rtumphant e en in death.
3
My God, in thine appointed hour
Those heavenly gates display,
W here pain dnd tin, and teai and death,
lor evei hee away.
6
There, while (lie nations of the bless'd
u i tit raptures bow .lrmnni,
My anthems to delivering grace
In swxeter stiains shall sound.
54-?. (2d Part.) S. M.
Harborough 142, Stoke 207.
The Benefit of sanctified Affliction ; or, Cod
bringing his Peopte into the Covenant under
the Rod, Ezek. xx. 37.
HOW gracious, and how wise
Is our chastising God!
And O '. how rich the blessings ate
VN hich blossom from his rod !
a
He litis it up on high
VA ith pity in his heart.
That every stroke his children feel
May grace and peace impart.
3
Instructed thus they bow,
And own his sov reign sway;
Thej turn their erring iootsleps back
To his torsaken way.
4
His cov'nant love they seek,
And seek the happy I
That (loser still engage their hearts
To honour his commands.
5
Dear Father, we consent
To discipline dmne;
And Mesa the pain that make our souls
Still moie completely thine,
o"
Supported by thy love,
v\c tend to it alms of peace ;
Where every pain shall tar remove,
And every nailty cease.
112
546
TIME Wl> l I I UNITY.
Kinr
of ita»%
P»alm l
A!' I 'S MtfcCI ■ '< m* f.ame.
I'm ha uydifil
■
■ man-
3
I *how
mind*
d with woe,
i leave* ll<ai »il bd
4
■
■ ii,. «• befon
,ign,
\„ i |i m> i ateae.
L M. k>
7k Witdam of rtdtemmg rime,
I I
Gon i • I
iraw;
tad )can,
ne unvaried Uw.
<ray:
ml llo»i;
, I ■ KM —
indict guiph from whence it rote.
•he thoughts* u>m
• :Tnjrebome
»*tmg home,
i] ran e'er reum.
I
I :<iy nauenrx
r, in food am
what a world we go.
■ i for m*d the earth,
irtd trcond biith:
• . and tune,—
All appointed were 07 him.
Mr thai fit nVd n»r in the wosoh,
lie thall g'JMlr iiabl
(i be
l>1 lu» wne decree.
4
Timet o' vtckneta, timet of health,
,-^nury and » 1
numph and telief ,
Timet to
All mu,
At thall please 1 I nend.
Plaajuet an 1 death* around n
,.jdol loreteetni.
0 thou Crat i jut. V, ne, and Juat,
In thy hanm my life I mm 1
—
1 retign it to tin will.
S
1 —
• •ne,
I and mine are ail thy own.
vi
M all timev will I blew:
Having thee, I all poMeat:
llow can I n rat) ted be,
' part with thee'
I v
u Vv.p31, Crow»e3.
< Ii my heat t
P.ta mrti, .' C ■ : .»
o\S long thall c
in
unngi
Bryond
nt.Rilamd.
■ 36.
• tkt Dii-
■1 tm iky
i
SN
AH m> nine* air in ih) hand,—
T.and.
Keg irdleu of loimnrta i
And granger* to the ikiet'
-. ene» wilt toooj decay 1
v I their I righted day
1 T.ghtm 1
U iili rooarKM
ade the
To Ihoae bright
d the iky,
n
TIME AND ETERNITY.
548, 549
1 hire M'vs unseen I'v mortal eves
Or reason's teeblc I >] .
in ever-booming prospecti riw,
Unconscious of decay.
6
Lord I send a lv.nn ai light tlivine
To guide out upward .inn '
With one reviving touch ol thine
Our languid hearts mllame.
7
Then shall, on faith's sublimes! wing,
Our ardent wishes rise
To those blight Reno, where pleasures
Immortal in theikies. Spring
547 S. M. Dr S. Stennett.
Gosport 53, Henley 3a
Divine Mercies in const, nil Succession,
Lam. in 'A', '>3.
HOW various ami how new
Are tliy compassions, Lord!
Each morning shall thy mercies snew, —
Each night thv truth record.
i
Thy goodness, like the sun,
Dawn'd on our early days,
Ere infant reason had begun
To form our lips to praise.
3
Each object we beheld
Gave pleasure to our eyes;
And nature al our senses held
In ba.ids of sweet surpiise.
4
But pleasures more refin'd
A.vaued that bless'd da,,
When light a;ose upon our mind,
And chas'd our sins away.
5
How new thy mercies then*
How sovereign and how free!
Our souls, that had been dead in sin,
\N eie nude alive to thee.
PAlsK.
Now we expect a day
Still brighter far than this,
W hen death shall oear our souls away
To realms of light and bliss.
There rapfrous scenes of ioy
Sha.l ours; upon our sight;
And every pain, and tear, and sigh,
Be diowu'd in endless light.
8
Beneath thy balmy wing,
O Sun of Righteousness'
Our happy MUM shall sit and sing
The wonders of thv grace.
9
Nor shall that radiant day,
So joyfully begun.
In evening shadow* die away,
Beneath the setting sun.
10
How various and how new
Are thy compassions. Lord!
Eternity thy love shall shew,
And all thv truth record.
548. i ■ m.
Warcham 117, lloisley 205.
Eternity joyful ^nd tremendous.
ETERNITY is just it hand1
And shall 1 waste my ebbing sand,
\i.d can lea riew departing day,
And throw my inch of time away I
•2
Eternity !— tremendous sound!
To guilty souls a dreadful wound !
But Ohl if Christ ami heaven be mine,
How sweet the accents ! how divine !
J
Be this my chief, my only care,
My high pursuit, my ardent prayer; —
.\n interest in the Saviour's blood —
My pardon scald, ami peace with God.
4
But should my brightest hopes be vain!
The Using; doubt, how sharp its pain!
My fears, 0 gia* ions God I remove j —
Speak me an object of thy love.
5
Search, Lord! Oh search my inmost heart,
And light, and hope, and joy in, pail ;
From guilt and error set me' free.
And guide me safe to heav'U and ihce.
519. 8,8,6.
Chatham 59.
A Prayer f oi Seriousness in Pre pec t of
Eternity.
THOU God of glorious majesty!
To thee,— against myseif,— to thee,
A sinrul worm, 1 cry,
An half-awaken'd child of man,
An heir of endless bliss or pain,
A sinner born to die.
2
Lo! on a narrow neck of land,
Twill two unbounded seas 1 stand;
Yet how insensible!
A point of lime, a moment's space,
Removes me to yon heavenly place,
Or— shuts me up in hell!
3
O God ! my inmost soul convert,
And deeply on my thoughtful heait
Eternal things impress;
Give me to teel their solemn weight,
And save me ere it be too late; —
Wake me to righteousness.
4
Before me place, in bright array,
The pomp of that tremendous day,
When thou with clouds shall come
To judge the nations at thy bar;
And tell me. Lord, shall 1 be there
To meet a joyful doom!
5
Be this my one great bus'ness here, —
With holy trembling, holy fear, —
To make my calling sure !
Thine utmost counsel to fulfil,
And suffer all thy righteous will,
And to the end endure!
H 3
'.'.<»
Thra, Savmur .' then my too!
Arxi
■
And rv -
,0. (Wtfa/t ) C.*»
Canterbury 199, London 1M>.
Dt.uk iimd I
M
iouni ihetktet,
1 he lyrai
rhruuft' *H l
3
Theve trullt, what r. • -,<rw!
the hrj<*» wr lately knew,
So bcauieout ami »o «ac.
4
. .u.h,— ihoae dcathlea thing*,
s:
all your w.ng».
Oh, that vi' —
'iorc,
r.cntly play,
v - khall twim in heavenly Una,
Or unk in flaming ■
VMiilr ihe pair cube*
Amon| the ilcnt <
ind'
• ■■>!! ikcUa.
Grar„
-.» —
ry bard!
Ana brtutc him in my i
4
I my hope ante*,
i am:
■
1 he tin-atifunf lamb.
•cd,
There he n inir-
The pace, ti««m him proceeding,
■.'iiiiciuhn
<loty
tal .Jul hoc y
■ — ming merit,
■
Shall charm the coui u above.
550 (3d Tart .] CM.
Hou* 14J.
T%t uif* amd kspf? I
IORD. me die
i.. ... -
< ooel
If I moat die.— oh. let me die
In p
If I meat die — a» «ii«» 1 muU —
Lee autn mane
.codly wing
:iai hovaei
o- i
I
111 boWij tcotiuc Uj
■
DEATH.
552, 553
551- CoiUc.
laflC Street It., Clapham IS.
The WHmthtCry, Ma:; \xv. 6.
"\ 7 I vu^m tank, msm I
I Wtih ali the dead awake ;
lllln ^ II V.ttlOll WISC,
Oil iii your ve»sefc uke:
UfUMiBf ai the nMaifiR cry.
Behold vour heavcitl) M utc.;rooni nigh.
y
II • comet, l>e oMMI) tu call
The aatioos to the bar,
And take to glo<-v aU
Who iii-.t Mr g.o. I
Make read* tor your Nee rewaid ;
Go forth wuhjov to meet yoar Lord —
J
Go, meet him in the >ky,
Your everlasting tuend:
Your head to glo
W ith all hu taints ateeaw :
Ye (lire m heart, ouijin the grace
'Jo see, w.ihout a ve.l, his face.
4
Ye,— that have here receiv'd
The UiKimn fiom a!w»ve,
An I in hi> Spirii liv rt,
And ihirsied for his love;
.U claim you for his bride;
Rejoice wiUj ail the sanciine.t.
5
Rejoice in glorious hope
O: t -it great day unknown,
When you shall be eaugin up
To stand before his Atone; —
CallM to paiiake the marna«e feast,
And teaa on our luunaauri^ brea»t
6
The eveila-tmg doors
iii the saints receive
Above those angel powers
In floriottt joj to live ;
Far from a world of gnef and sin,
Wuh Cod eiernallv shut in.
7
Then let us wait to hear
1 he trumpet s welcome sound :—
To see our L'*l appear,
May are he watching tound,
rine.
In which the bride shall ever shine.
55%. (Second Part.^ L. II.
Old Hundred 10", Warcham 117.
Prayer f>r Deliverance from :ke Fe.ir of
OGOD of Love '. with cheering ray
Odd mj expiring -.treak .-i ,i.iy j
Thj love, tin lying >ear,
Has wip'd away affliction's tear.
Free me from deaths terrific gloom,
An.i ail the guia winch shrouds the tomb ;
Heighten my joys, suppoit my head,
Be/We i sink among the dead.
uh conclude my toils and tears •
: ai'i destroj .
i n, through | -nd l
ihall end !
•I
down my last moment with thy pow*r —
. in my laie>t h >ur ;
I'hcn to the rap I M>ar,
Where fears and death are known no more.
CM.
V\i, mouth 28.
Victoiy over Otmft through Christy
1 Cor. I
WHIN death appears before mv sight,
In ail his dire airay.
Uneq lal to the dre i Iful right,
My c ta ay.
a
But see my glorious leader nigh!
If] Lord, -dm $ ivioin — I
Before him deaih's pate terrors fly,
And mv faint heart revives.
J
He left his dazzling throne above;
He met the tjrrautt d trt ,
.amazing power of love')
Keceiv d it la ms heart.
4
No more. O grim destroyer I boast
penal sway ,
To lu-a ve.i -Horn -mils thy sting is lost; —
Thy niglit, the gate of day.
Lor 1, 1 commit my soul to thee!
Accept the sacred ti u-i ,
Re etvft this nobler part of me,
And watch my sleeping dust.
6
Till that i lustrious morning come,
U lu-n all thy saints shall rise,
An i. I lo i'd in full immortal bloom,
Attend thee lo the skies.
When thy triumphant armies sing
The honours of thy name,
And heaven's eternal arches ring
U ith gioiy to the Lamb;
Oli. let me ioin the raptur'd lays:
\ I wiih i .- bhtsra •
Resound salvatmn. power, and praise,
In evei lasting song.
553- CM. Dr. H'j.'ts's Lyrics.
Newbury 13 J, Carolina 13.
T.e aadcaaaj Mttmgtr.
LORD, whf n we see a saint of thine
ping out hh Lireath,
»\ ith loagiag eye*, and loots divine,
Smjing jn-i pleas d in death ;
How we could e'en contend to lay
Our limbs upon thai bed!
We ask thine envoy to convey
Our spirits in his stead.
H 4
'■5;
Mil
Out KHth are nun| or. U* w.nr
:c-
Jam* >'. I«3, Dun I
71/ Friitntt tf C.*t wot :k J-\-nt for ; «r, /if
iMjtief Me. 4
I.
'.» >>r
. n.nr, and tinp lh»
'Ann i.
Away ibete inir
Bui kind, l
il once mt teventy yean.
Am. < i ■ i J" i.'aiUU.
Joyful I'd Uj
554- L M. Dr lKJJ,,.tgt.
Portugal S7, Braracoate 8.
. if to dtpart, and r> i< tw'/i CAr/'x/,
.23.
TT'HILF on the verge of life I Hand,
> \ And vjew ihe Jtcne on cither hand,
^lc» with m> .
<> to wing its flight I
W here |e»iu dwelb my toul would be ;
And tamu m> muii. -cc ;
birth, twine no more alxjut my heart:
quit.
Come, ye ar.gelic envojn ' come.
Ye know the ■ ■•-.—
Source of my jop, and ol your own
4
That uliafu; interview, how tweet'
'aic,
Thro' the full ik ^ijee'
A
A\ with a «erj ungi
To fly u I wing !
: audi,
J lie uce»cni satiourH high tonuu
II in tight,
\Nc bud a heat en in xu wc do.
While the hngh:
■
4
- a tea without a thore,—
i roj.l,
ng for,
lo tee a mn.ini Cod!
Sweet wai the i.mrney to the
The v.
addie,*
■
Softly hit fainting head he Lay
i» Maker 'i breaat;
>'d hi. toul away,
And Uid hit rte>h to re.t.
Mi I'll away
fr .-in all mien.* tlnnrt,
S|»eak, Lontl and neie I yuit my day,
cuh m> am wmgv
M Dr.S. S.-mmttt.
L\r:ci 4. Millman too.
Ckildrtm tfyimg im ikfir Imfamy im tit Jrmu
•fit*; M
Tl read, m>
v\ ah t:an.;wi all J
Thine imace irare in every word,—
hi every Uoe.
uie un.iiug r |
' I lake thete lntle lamb*,* mid he,
•reaati
I >n me,
' In me be ever Meat.
4
• Death may the taadt of life ualo
' hut can'i diwo.te my lovet
'aai-*oub <
' The family allot e.
• 1;ic.r r-.lr Irjir.e. ra> MV*| 4
..ill:
■
' AadluaJt to do in<
557, 558
DEATH.
559, 560
His words the happy parent! hear,
And shout, VlUlJUJi divine,
Deal SaVNMT, all Wt luve and aie
Shall be tor ever thine.
557. cm. Sitek.
Canterbury 199, Carolina 13.
At the Funeral of a young Per. mi.
WI1K.N Mooming youth issnatch'daway
li\ Heath's resittlea hand,
Our beans the RKMII nrul tribute pay,
Which pilj must demand.
I
While pity prompt!, the rising sigh,
(>, may this truth, imprest
\\ ith asvtul power,—- 1 too must die!'
Sink deep in every bieast.
J
Let this vain world engage no more :
behold the gapim; UMBO
It bids us seize the piesent hour«
To-monow deadi may come.
4
The voire of this alarming scene
May every heart obey ;
Nor be the heavenly warning vain,
v\ Inch calls to waich and pray.
5
Oh, let us fly— to losus fly,
Whose powerful aim can save ;
Then shall our hopes ascend on high,
And triumph o'er the grave.
6
Great God; thy sovereign grace impart,
V\ ith cleansing, healing power i
This only can prepare the heart
tor death's surprising hour.
558. CM. Dt. Doddridge.
Bath Chapel 2b, Crowle 3.
Comfort for pious Parents who have been be-
reaved if their Children, La. lvi. 4.
"^T'E mourning saints, whose streaming
JL Flow o'er your children dead, Hears
Say not, in transports of despair,
That all your hopes are fled.
'2
While cleaving to that darling dust,
In fond distress ye lie,
Rise, and with joy and reveience view
A heavenly Parent nigh.
3
Tho', your young branches torn away,
Like wither'd trunks \e itand'
With fairer verdure shall ye bloom,
Touch'd bv ih' Almighty's hand.
4
' I'll give the mourner,' saith the Lord,
4 In my own hoVN a place ;
• No names ot daughters and of sons
1 Could yield so high a grace.
5
1 Transient and vain is every hope
' A using race can give ;
1 In endless honour and delight
•My Oiddren all ihallliw
\V
We welcome. Lord, tho<e rising tears,
lino' wnich thy lace I
And bless tho:.c wounds, winch thro' cir
Prepare a way lor dice.
''. L.M. Fawcett
Angel's Hymn 6(\ Dresden 178-
The Death if the Sinner amdthi Saint.
HAT scenes of horror and of dread
Await the Sionei s dying bed :
Death's (errors all appear in >..; t,
Pre a^es ot eternal Bight.
U
His sins in dreadful order rise,
And fill his soul with sad suipuse:
Mount Sina/s thunder -tins ins cis,
And not one ray of hope appeals.
3
Tormenting pan«s di-tract his breast ;
Wlicie ei he tuins, he hnds n>> resi i
Death strike! the blow, he groans and cries,
And, in despair and horror, dies.
4
Not so the heir of heav'nly hli*s ;—
His soul is fill d with conscious peace;
A steady taith subdues his fear!
He sees the happy Canaan near.
5
His mind is tranquil and serene ;
No terrors in his looks are seen -f
His Sa\ lour's smile dispels the gloom,
And smooths his passage to the tomb.
6
Lord ! make my faith and love sinccie,
My judgment sound, my conscience clear:
And, when the toils of life are past,
May 1 be found in peace at last.
560. 104th.
Hanover 130, Old Hundied and Fourth 143.
On the Death oj a Believer.
["'""piS linish'd,tisdone' the spirit is fled,
L X Oui brother is gone, the christian is
dead:
The christian is living in Fesus** love,
And gladly receiving a kingdom above.
U
All honour and prai>e are Jesus 's due.'—
Supported by grace, he tought his way thro':
Triumphantly glorious, thro' Jesus s zeal.
And more than victorious o'er sin, death,
and helLJ
3
* Then let us record the conquering name,
Our Captain and Lord with shoutings pro-
claim i
Who trust in his passion, and follow their
head.
To certain sanation shall suie'.y be led.
• If the three last verses of (Mi h.-ran be sun.-
alone, li.cn b gin vers the thirA t . —
' Now let ui record the conquering name.'
H 5
DEATH.
563, 564
1
-
Of |*o
M vtoawcdfc,
*
56!
Brrdcr .id 48.
i >rk i-crtona,
for it it ill «»f jrnc.
1 >od.
■ nc,
riwn;
4
• wer,
■ 11 no more
I love.
I M
Carolina 13, \NorVv«p3l.
The*, tv. 13.
reyM
> arm ilul! never boast
B duit
3
I come
« lU dan
CM. IV. Oaddnufrr.
■ 10.
I
Chanje* Che vitafe « i
An.: the freaih.
-the potentate tupreme
- r pur|**e m
t r • ■
h ur: w .nrd hand,
rica tuppaca,
4
ratal God and rai>»rr he
liaf Lord;
i >>eal the burton; heart
5
Fair rarland< of immorulbttta
:jr..w:
And trull rebellioui pantoru rite,
\\ hrn he conecu «u now •
6
I JehovahS name,
.trnchaod;
M
■ ;^«t tomb,
. u
i0» >)
•t
oii break.
;
■1
hand,
• roe,—
wn dwitrtjoy
word;
Grace -i dead,
Our will rg t»<ul iMimnmoniwiit
v* uh them to ce»« and pia »r ,
So tel thy
The»e rparatinf day*.
L.M.
llvemoo : 184.
. . //e» m CW aoKtr /ir L««j </ Jtmr
* nj tear.i^
V\ hrn tender ti tenth and kindred dte.
one amtou* auina'naf tboofbt
■ u!d our btre (el
nd.
a numVota train of ilia,
jixi heart m-
■» i Ood,
. ry iloomy fear pre»a»L
and hatband, ruatd and c-ide,—
oaei
>» . ut our e»*rT ■
Aodcomfvitteekiion.
3
Oai Father Cod, to thee we look.
..ftu>n. in.!
563, j oo
RESrRRKCTloN OFTHE BODY
5C7,:G8
i M. Dr. D ddridgt.
Winsdoc 2>7, Ueaborougti 170.
D.'.uh and ttidjor .ill,
1Kb iv 27.
HK. \ V EM \m * oiiiirm d the great decree,
i .u \ 1 1 a\ race nusi die i
One g 'i ial ruio sweeps them down,
And low in Must they lie.
Ye livni{ men. the tomb survey
Where you miut quickly dweU ;
II. irk !iow the a-vtui summons sounds
in every funeral knell.
J
0 1 hi M die i .in 1 once (or II
The solemn purport weigh ,
For know, thai heaven or hell uiten i
on that important djv.
4
Tliose eyes, so long in darkness veii'd,
Mum wake the Judge to see,
An I t\ '1) w ird an I ev 'iy thought
Must pass lus scrutiny.
5
Oh, may I, in the |u(i^c. behold
Mj Saviour ami my Fi ie .d
An I, far beyond ihe reach 01 death,
With ail his saints ascend.
566- C. M. Dr. Do/dridge.
Ann's "8, Charmoyth 28.
Comfort under the L us of Mini iters.
NOW let our drooping hearts revive,
And all our lean be dry:
mid those eye* be drown'd in grief,
Which view a Saviour nigh'
o
What tho' the arm of conqu'ring death
Does Go l'b own house invade ;
What tho' the prophet 3nd the priest
Be nuinber'd with the dead?
I ho' e irthly ihepherds dwell m dust,
The aged in 1 me fauna, ,
The wan hi il eye in 't irkr* - 1 losM,
And mute tit instructive tongue j
^
rir etei nal ihepherd nil turvlvei
New comfoi 1 to ini|).ut ,
I I ,11 gin les Ub, ami Ins voice
still animate* our heart.
.1
' Lo1 1 atB with you.'saith the Lord,
1 My i bun h biiaii safe abide ;
' For I wul ne'er forbade my own,
• Whose SOtlls in me connde.'
6
Thro' every sjtne ol lite and death,
1 hit promise ib our tru-t ;
An I this shall be our ehil hen's bong,
When we art cold in diibt.
5i'. 8 7 4.
Jordan HI, Painswiek 162.
T.'.e Giave i or, Chiut a Guide through
Death to Glory.
GUIDE me, o iliou great Jehovah!
Pilgrim thro' '.his ban en land;
1 am weak, but thou an mighty,
Hold me wuh thy powerful hand :
Bread of heaven,
teed ine nil 1 want no more.
2
Open thou the crystal fountain,
v\ hence the healing streams do flow,
Let the liery clou Iy pillar
Lead ran all my journey thro':
Strong deliverer,
Be thou still my strength and shield.
When 1 tread the verge of Jordan,
Bid my a txiotu feais subside;
Death of deaths, and hell's desiruction,
Land me safe on Canaan's side :
Songs of praises
1 will ever give to thee.
THE RESURRECTION OF THE BODY.
b€S. CM.
Carolina 13, Windsor 9f7.
The Bjti/es of the S tints pucktned and raited
by the Spir.i, Rom. vui. 11.
WHY bho'ild our mourning thoughts
lo giovel m the dust' [delight
Or why should streams of trars unite
Around the expiring jUbt'
Did not the Lord our Saviour die,
And triumph o ei me grave)
Dui not our Lord ascend on high,
And prove bis powtr to savt?
Doth not the sacred spirit come,
And .iwell in all the saints'
Ami should the temples of his grace
Resound wuli long complaints'
4
Awake, my soul, and like the sun
ButM thro' each salle cloud 1
And thou, my voice, tho' broke with sighs,
Tune forth thy songs aloud.
The Spint rais'd mv Saviour up,
W hen he had bled for me ,
And. spue of death and hell, shall raise
Thy pious friends and thee.
lib
569. 370
JUDGM]
570
•». that dwell in
f» Mng,
Tbeu oci-lmng kiog.
C. M. Dr .
ctbur, 199, Eranal ISO.
■
Huvs ;
And triumph uVi the
V\hilc the rsctl t.Iool <>
Lk» tninjlc J ».ih ihc dust'
«
tered shade*,
And da mag guard* around;
T>tc skirt diruic to ouir him room,
I he trumpet shakes t'« gruund.
I heat the roice. * Ye dead a
And, l«\ i!<r jn»r.
• ;<>»ful e»es
Salute lit' cx|<«.ir>:
5
They leare the duM, and oa the w.ng
Ki.c io the cDMlwj.
In U..Maf garments meet their king,
And luw adore hito there.
>ur humble tpum stand
Among iheia csothYl in white?
It infinite delight.
■ ill our |oi a
When our returning K m(
-•jr ui homeward, thro* the
Oo lo\cv» uiumphao:
DAY OI JL'DCMI NT.
1st fart.) L.M. PrttiJn:
Angel's Hymn 60, Wareham 117.
Sitaurt and S.iimii in the H'r/ck qf Jfattra,
lvauh xx»v. 18—20.
HOW great, how terrible, that God
V. ho *hakrs creation with hi- nod
I frame,
i.nk in one universal tlimc.
V> l-cre naar, O wr»e:e thaii sinners seek
■
Shall falling rock* be o cr tbeni thrown *
See rocks, ukc snow. iJ.»n..*.ng down
3
for merer Dow the.
In lakes of liquid fire the* .
There ad] ibr naming Uhuw, tost,
But. vi'Mv untauated an. I sei
Y..ur em slu I »*e» ml i* .
Yuur >ueiuMC,
And earth ami skies J uiu .
V^oa, the helpless creature* h
r m* all I dare luoacadi
-'.tmi feette soul.
570 (Urin) LM.
fauh\246, Horde? 2*5
Tar SnomJ Affun*B€t J Chris/,
MY »akrn J voui. extend thy wmrt
ad the verge of mortal thinfi,
See this rain world in \mokr h
And rucks and mountains melt a« -
8
ItmjU St her. <r.u«e ttl
Thro heasenYwsde.
(oast:
Tremble and laii, »« starry boat.
3
This wieck «.f natsue ail j
1 he angels shout, the trumpets sound.
Loud the descendinf Judge proclaim,
A nd echo bat tremendowa name.
C KiUlren of Adam, ,
For . as has lips pronoun.
I o rv^M Utass, W cad.css sswr .'
5
c-.y eyes tbss
it through
I ic.M.er
y wo! prepare
I
571, 572
JUDGMENT.
573, 574
571- L.M.
P iul\ 2*6, Angels' Hymn 60.
Thr Books npaifd, Rev. xx. 12.
METH1NKS the last great day is come,
Methmks I hear the trumpet sound
Thai shakes the earth, reads every tomb,
And wakes the prttonen under ground.
The mighty deep gtves up hor trust,
Aw'd by the luagel high command;
Both small and great now quit their dust,
An.l round the Oread tribunal stand.
S
Behold the awful books display 'ri,
Big with th* important fates of men ;
Each deed and word now public made,
As wrote by heaven's unening pen.
4
To every soul, the books assign
The joyous or the dread reward :
Sinners in vain lament and pine;
No pleas the judge will here regard.
5
1 r I. when these awful leaves unfold,
May lire's fair book my soul approve:
There may I read my name enroll'd,
And triumph in redeeming love.
I S. M. Dr. Doddridge.
Whrteleld 168, Aynhoe ios.
Thcjin.il Sentnue and M mry of the Wicked^
Matt. xxv. 41.
AND will the judge descend?
And must the dead arise?
And not a single soul escape
His all-discerning eyes'
2
And from his righteous lips
Shall this dread sentence sound ;
And, thro' the numerous guilty throng,
^p^ead black despair around?
3
' Depart from me, accurs'd,
4 To everlasting tlame,
1 For rebel-angels first prepar'd,
1 Where mercy never came.'
4
How will my heart endure
The terrors o( that day ;
\\ hen earth and heaven, before his face,
Astonish'd shrink away '
5
But ere that trumpet shakes
The mansions of the dead ;
Hark, from the gospels cheering sound,
\\ hat joyful tidings spread!
6
Ye sinnen, seek his grace,
\N note wrath ye cannot bear ;
Fly to the shelter of his cross,
And hnd salvation theie.
7
So shall that curse remove,
By which the Saviour bled;
And the last awfui day shall pour
His blessing on your head.
573- C. M. Dr. DoiUridge.
Canterbury 199, Windsor 247.
The final Sentence and Happiness of the
Righteous, Matt. xxv. 34.
ATTF.ND, my ear; my heart, rejoice,
While jesus from his throne,
Before the bright angelic hosts,
Makes his last sentence known.
2
When sinners, cursed from his face,
To raging flames are driven ,
His voice, with melody divine,
Thus calls his saints to heaven;
3
' Bless 'd of my Father, all draw near,
' Receive the great reward;
' And use, with raptures, to posstss
' The kingdom love piepar'd.
4
1 Ere earth's foundations first were laid,
' His sov reign purpose wrought,
• And rear'd those palaces divine,
' To which you now are brought.
5
• There shall you reign unnumber'd years,
' Protected by my pow'r;
1 \\ hile sin and death, and pains and cares,
* Shall vex your souls no more.'
6
Come, dear majestic Saviour! come,
This jubilee proclaim !
And teach us language fit to praise
So g.eat, so dear a name.
571. L. M. Dr. Watts** Lyrics.
Portugal 97, Kippon's 188.
Com-, Lord Je>us.
WI1ES shali thy lovely face be seen?
VN hen shall our eyes behold our God ?
What lengths of distance he between,
And hills of guilt! A heavy load!
2
Our months are ages of delay,
A nd slowly ev'ry minute wears :
Fly. winged time, and roll away
These tedious rounds of sluggish years!
3
Ye heaVnly gates, loose all your chains!
Let th' eternal pillars bow
ble-t Savioui I cleave the starry plains,
And make the crystal mountains How '
4
il.uk. how thy saints unite their cries,
And pray and wait the genial doom!
Come UlOU. the soul of ali our joys'.
I hou, the dcsiie of nations, come!
Put thy bright robes of triumph on,
And ble>- out e\e>, and blest our ears,
1 hou absent I ove, thou dt ar unknown,
1'hou fairest of Un thousand fans:
v\ \
564
Blcv i . rretg n gr»ce
mine,
She die Id 39, faul
Ma.t SiMf.tr, rr.i fni,i tritk.
S^hcIrM |rown
Djnnc : ,<U unkuuwo,
Will : t tnal fjir,
-Jim'
| |u»vif e to ihc flamet '
3
Stat, tinner* on the G'*pel plaint
The gloiiet <>l rm dvin* p 1
Foe ever telling, )ci uo
582- LU Dr. DoJJrUgt.
Green't Hundred 99, Wareham 1 17.
i Mam am J Laurmi, Luk
I earth appear —
i tearv
they, whoha r.ile,
Riot in UtXIifJ
But patient let my rmI atiend,
•-•»• the end ;
* different who on tell
The wide c\:: I n and hell »
C red flamet around him twine
Who did in gold and purple dune :
Nor on liu tongue one drop
| ol i.i\ pain.
■*
I oor below,
tad,
5
I hi r -.tare
1 he bte«ir»gi ot il>) marriage
583- ( M
Otford 106. rolleii hi, Ftaat't 190.
Tk4 J>ys mf Htavtm.
COM*. Lord. an. I warm
.heart,
And let the j«7» ol heav'n impart
M our n>r»f
Sorrow and pain, and rr*n
An.l .'ulUrjie;
.
Adorn
Redeeming ,
4
There on • ihmne. how dazzling bright ■)
There vru of the Lamb
Join ii t)f» ,
-1IDC
lanploj their tuneful ton,
Lord tune our heam to j»raiie and lore,
idle note* in-,
Vt c join th* angelic choir.
584. CM. Dr. S. Stmmttt.
Cambudge N nbah 77.
suufhtun
Tkt pnmiud Lamd.
Oinkt I it and,
wuhful eye
Io Cjnaan t fair and happy land,
W licre my powetMon* lie.
9
j 1 1 port i ne ra pt 'rout tcene
Sweet rk-ldi. an\i» d in I. ting green,
There generoui fru ■ 'ail,
tin lire, immortal .
Iliere iwl t, ami h.lK, and brooks and valet,
v\ i:ti milk and hooey flow.
4
-nded piaim
rtt-gM,
5
No chilling windt, or poia*i
- ih'ulihore.
Aic lei: jn.l Kai d no I
When dull I reach ;l.at happy place,
■ c ■] i rtffccA face,
An :
MM *H
I :•>. h i» i>
ltd ne roll.
585, 586
HEAVEN.
.087, 588
58r). 50M. J. Snaphan.
Cherriton T6, Old Fiftieth 233.
O
lldlVttl.
\ wings of faith mount up, my soul,
aivi rise;
View thine inheritance beyond the skies:
Nor heart can think, nor mortal tongue
can tell,
What endless pleasures in those mansions
dwell'
Here our Redee-mer lives, all bright and
glorious,
O'er sin, and death, and hell he reigns vic-
torious.
2
No gnawing grief, no sad heart-rending
pain,
In that blest country can admission gain ;
No sorrow there,no soul-tormenting fear.
For God's own nana shall wipe the fall-
ing tear:
Here our Redeemer lives, &c.
3
Before the throne a crystal river glides,
Immortal verdure decks its cheerful sides:
Here the fair tree of life majestic rears
Its blooming head, and sovereign virtue
bean :
Here our Redeemer lives, Sec.
4
No rising sun his needless beams displays,
No sickly moon emits her feeble rays;
The Godhead here celestial g.ory sheds,
Th'exalted Lamb eternal radiance spreads:
Here our Redeemer lives, &c.
5
One distant glimpse my eager passion
tires!—
Jesus! to thee my longing tool a pircs."
When shall I at my heavenly home ar-
rive,—
When leave this earth, an 1 when begin
to live'
For here my Saviour is all bright and glorious,
O'er sin, and death, and hell, he reigns vic-
torious.
58 T- CM. Dr. Doddridge.
FJim 151, Stamford £>, Otford 106.
H.ippiness approaching, Rom. xiii. 11.
AW AKE,ye saints, and raise your eyes —
And raise \our voices high;
Awake, and prai>e that sov'reign love
Thai shew, miration nigh.
On all the wings of time it flies,
Each moment bring! it near;
Then welcome each declining day,
And each revolving vcar:
3
Not many years their lound shall run,
Nor many mornings rite,
Ere all its glories stand reveal'd
To out admiring eve*.
t
Ye wheels of nature, speed your COU
Ye in irtal I'O.vrs, di
Ka-I as ye bring the night ol death,
Yc bung eternal day.
587. L. M. St,eU.
Martin's Lane 67, Coomb s45, Bromley 104.
The Worship of Heaven, John xvn. 'Z\.
OKOR a sweet inspiring rav,
To animate cur feeble strains-,
From the bnght realms ol endleu day,
Tlie blissful realms, where Jesus icigns:
There, low before his glorious throne,
Adoring saints and angels fall ,
And. with delightful worship, own
His smile their bliss, their heav'n, their all.
3
Immortal glories crown his head ;
While tuneful hallelujahs, rise.
And love and joy, and triumph spread
I hro' all nV assemblies of the skies.
4
He smiles, and Krapin tune their songs
To boundless raptuie, while they gaze:
Ten thousand thousand joyful tongues
Resound his evei lasting praise.
r>
There all the favourites of the Lamb
Shall join at last the heav'nly choir:
Oh ma) the joy-insphmg theme
\wake our faith ami warm desire!
6
Dear Saviour' let thy Spirit seal
Our unrest in that blissful plate ;
Ti.l leath remove rhii mortal veil,
And we behold thy lovely face.
588- cm.
Elim It I, Cambridge New 74.
The everlasting So/.g.
EARTH has engross'd my love too long!
Tis time I lift mine eyei
Upward, dear Father, to thy throne,
And to my native skies.
I
There the blest man, my Saviour, sits t
The God I how bright he shines'.
And scatters infinite delights
On ail the happv minus.
Seraphs with elevated strains
Circle the throne around ;
And move and < harm the starry plains
V\ ith an immortal sound.
4
lesiis, the Lord, their harps emp'oys: —
Jesus, my love, they sing I
Joitii, the life ot both our joys.
Sounds ..weet from ev'iy stung.
5
Hark, how beyond the narrow bounds
Of time and space they run j
And echo in majestic sounds
The Godhead ot the Son!
Ml
But, «' luro,
Then, ill it i-ncr, (u living uiairu
Tell »M'w he umrophM <• rr I
And Ouni the riwa^ L< .
HI W 1 N
Ml
i"
H<nr k< mr rr -heir mnf,
V . ,.J. .' !.. I. ..r . .( .
I
n|hl M 1.4. I*c«
Tbc l«h, "th and t*»> »rrv~i of It • li»«
TABLE OF SCRIPTURES.
Ch. Vrr. Pare.
GENESIS.
1 7
I 1— -o .... SJ
r> ) s
b 84 ...
7 I, 17— 23 .... 104
... 499,507
19 .... IK..
17 1
lb 19
18 83—33 ..
....... 18
19 15 116
417
363
354
4* 36 vt
4y 4 310
49 10
EXODUS.
3 2,3 16
4 18
4 10—13 408
12 7— lj .... IW
13 21, '22
1391,22...
14 15
15 9, 10 .... 534
17 10— IS •
18 11
-12 .... 47
14
33 14, If .... |9B
LEVITICUS.
19 18, 34 .... 48
NUMBERS.
13 30
16 46 M'l
'21 <*.'> 1 .7
I>
S3 93
DEUTERONOMY.
191 ...
6 4 '2
6 5 ....
8 2
li 9—15
S9 S
32 39, 40 .... y
Ch. vrr. T»*c.
IS
it 5
JOSHUA.
2t 15 334
RUTH.
3 2,9 178
1 SAMUEL.
I 28
•2 3 534
If .... '2 P. V4 1
3 18
7 2 36
7 12 50!
59
. . a i. -
30 6
2 SAMUEL.
15 26 .... 276,277
1 H IT 170
13 5
1 KINGS.
1 34, 47 ... 536
8 13, 28 .... 33*
2 KINGS.
617 307
I CHRONICLES.
4 ", 10
« 6 421
II 9 .... 530,531
»I4 431
EZRA.
6 16 338
ESTHER.
4 16 355
JOB.
9 2 .... 2 P. 201
II 7 23,6
16 9
16 14 503
26,31
U 13 9, 14
W 9 503
PSALMS.
2 8 .... 2 P. 419
Ch. \ cr. Page.
4 4 399
4 6 3*>
8 5 .... 176, 17.
y 9 316
16 11 .... 2 P. 377
17 3 .... U>5, l"6
16 37—49 ■
IV 44
W7— 11.... 4t. 1'.
23 1—3 ....17
24 7 145
26 2 331
344
27 8 lit
27 9 .... 2 P. 288
31 15 .... 676,545
3t 1 .... 276,585
... J 113
37 4
3» 549
40 7, 8 .... 347
42 1 9
M 1,9
43 5 318
If 3-3 .... 77
4. 3-5... 4 P. 422
4> 3—5 v 4,349
I < 4
46 9 53 1
46 10
46 14 .... 38
'it 15 316
51 II 215,211
51 18
if .4 (41
5 I 10 316
61 2 SIS
61 2 .... v 2,220
63 1
63 7 .... 8 P. ESS
63 8
6.11
66 16 .... 4
SB 18 407
6J 4 50
71 9, IS ... VI
72 6 80S
73 94 U
T.J 21. ,
77 7-9
.... 34, H
-
3t>
84 I — 10 ui
84 8
T6
84 11 .... 199, 65
Ch. Ver. Page.
85 8
B5 W 21
87 1,7 • •• 418
87 2
89 25
B9 1 15
89 15 58
88 2 518
yl 11, 12 307
yl U-13 307
y7 1,2 11
101 1 18
557
. ^ .... 5
k»3 37
103 13, 14 270
101 14 499
07 33,36
107 7 IS)
107 22—33 .... 36
107 31 ... 30, 37
i 10 3 430
HO 3 .... v5,349
115 1 384
116 12 51
118 18, 19 5t2
1 19 9 521
119 26 296
Iiy32 4i3
119 54 301
119 60 116
11968 18
119 94 106
l IH 105 42
119 117 105
II" 1 6,158... 42
121 4 4>2
1.2 346
188 1,4,9 .... 341
... 441
-10 .... 339
7
239
1 0 8
28,37
.24 ... 283
145
149 4 260
PROVERBS.
-6 .... 45
2 2—6 ... 330
3 9 .... t3,432
.is .... 2yi
3 24 492
A I AM K OF scp.irn
« 1
S U
II
y 5, 1 1
14 96
17 17
M 10
aw m
30 4
... soo
( wikif.s
I ... \m
in **
3 1— »
3 II
4 16
I I
.«. 10-
\M
.... 114. v«.
5 1
6 8 40*
17
9 7
10 J
11 II
25 6
31 «. I
3* 10
40 I. |
. 90
44 Xi
4, 114
v 5-7,Jlt>
. 84
50 10 ... 308,231
53 II
55 I
558
. 406
4 .... 348
60 8
. 1V3
62 6,7 . .4
i Si:
■ i
66 3 345
MIAH
.. 241
... 86
8 2?
I
10 23
17 V 90
23 6
31 3
-
50 5
i mm
i i •
. M7
340 293
ill'' 999
16 8— 10 .
ImJI 591
.' i"
. 299
37 17 . ... i P. 987
• i£L.
i
I
II 4
U 9
14 4 8e
2 17
3 \-<
N Ml.
. 312
M1CAH
.. 83
718
ton.
1 7
1 P. 427
2 7
2 9
/U HAKIMI
1 -
12 10
w>«. Mi
... 181
123
. 449
4 II 307
234
99
II 19 170
II 26
117
•
... «0
1820 359
2028 ..
JO 30 . . v 4, 10, If
••« 39 49
2J8, 10
2540 4J3
25 35—41
549
27 50
M 2 . Ii2
28 6 142
MARK.
1 ° .
•
5 19
539
-48 ..
2
838 .... 2S
337
-•-
•9 31
139
16 4,6 149
A TABLE OF SCRIPTURES.
Ch. Ver. V*«r.
IC 14 ....
16 i .. 14
Id 16 46.
J l | L
1 71,75 .... 532
2 14 .... I
... loS
v 5, I7J
is.
4 18, 19
36<>
5 12, 13 v3,4, I8S
169
5 31 188
6 10 .... \
648 163
7 47 S7
7 47.... » 5,6,46c
8 8 .... v5, isl
9 23 281
9 26
10 35 51
10 29-37 .... 257
,34 ... 82
1048 297
IS 16-22 400
.... 127,210
12 33 436
19 15—38
13 6-9 .... 511
14 20 118
14 88 ... 473, 48o
14 2 5 US
15 3, 4 79
1.5 7, 10 .... 438
15 32 873
16 25 582
17 10 .... v 6, 246
18 1 353
18 13 235, 216
1H 18 5
18 35—38 369
19 1-10 .... 7s
19 41 367
21 19 863
,38 .... 155
22 31,32 3KJ
88 54—68 314
8861,68 .... 313
23 28 474
23 34 858
23 42 80
2V -',6 142
94 5— 7 349
24 32.... ¥3,4,211
24.54 140
24 51—53 .... 11.
JOHN.
1 1—3 1 •
1 6,S3 451
19 189
1 12 94,95
1 U 131
1 16 150
129 17!
3 8 901
P«ge
. 1 .7
. 171
. 159
. 208
. 3
. 422
. 3<>4
Ch. Ver.
3 14 . .
J 16 ..
i N • •
4 10 ..
4 21 ..
135 ..
5 2-4
5 7—9 v7, H, is
. . . 330, 16
6 Jo .... :■
689 217
6 37 976
6 35,48 158
6 SO, 51 .... 158
6 53—55 483
6 67 439
6 67— 69 .... 440
120
8 36 93
2 14
10 9 165
10 10 101
10 27— 29 .... 103
1135 484
19 81 2 P. 2' 9
12 32
13 7 35
13 13 .... 490,419
13 15 166
14 6 l'f.
14 6 .... 202,377
14 16, 17 .... 8l3
14 16, 18 806
11 19 181
15 1-5 200
15 13 480
15 IS 66
15 96 206
16 7 206
17 94 153, 5S7
19 5 13ti
1930 71,78
20 1 5 974
20 20 .... 9 P. 899
91 6 366
21 15 485
21 16 850
21 17 252
21 18,20 .... 29J
ACTS.
1 9 142
1 25 580
2 41 .... 429,450
4 4 499
4 12 196
5 31 .... 969, H7
6 4,5 47(i
7 59 S97
8 12
8 36 v 3, 452
8 39 47 I
9 6 294
.0 36 176, 177
10 38 .... 189,43
12 6,7 307
13 38, 39 .... 50
Ch. Ver. Page.
i3 1—5 I i
1347 is
16 13 34Q
i630
17 39 9M
1094
.7 411
.4 84, 25 ... 380
510,51.
ROMANS.
1 16 54
1 16 60,885
2 4 16
3 1.2.... v 1,905
4 20 883
5 '2—5 1 P. 54.
5 11 75
6 4 449
7 4 159
7 II, 12, 15 ... 39
7 14 4!
7 19 30v
7 23,21 ... 41.3l»
8 11 568
8 14 907
8,8 .... 286, 33
S33— 39 .... 63
8 13 - 3\) v 2, 223
10 15 .... v 2, 432
11 1,26 ..
12 1 998
12 20, 21.... \
IS 11 58
15 30 620
1 CORINTHIANS.
130,31 .... 203
2 2 386
2 9 ....
3 6,7 360
5 7,8 I8(>
6 17 81
6 1') 999
9 24 90S
10 4 .... v 4, ><*
10 13 306
11 JS 331
13 1-3
13 9 24'.
15 10 Ill
15 10,58 .... 424
i . 83 143
15 24 .... 2 P. 422
15 94 .... 4 P. 4.'.
1531—34 .... 54
15 47 38
IS .6 141
15 57
16 1-3 I
16 13 881
2 CORINTHIAN 5.
I 10
1 10
1 JO .....
4 6 J 1
4 18 54o
5 14 .... 446, 189
Ch. ver. p«fe.
5 14, 15 139
". 18, 19 2 P. 115
115
'■ I 376
6 2 .... v 5, 1 15
6 16 .... 2 P. 287
7 9-11 .... 272
9 1—5 .... 432
915 171
19 9 125
12 14 .... v.S. 116
2 15 424
3 5 331
13 11 516
13 14 392
GALATIANS.
3 10 52
3 i3 478
3 28 255
4 6 92
4 .9,20 .... 331
5 17 41
6 14 .... 477,481
EPI1ESIANS.
1 5 65
17,11 .... 73
I 11 31,34
I 17, 18 .... 211
1 20,21 .... 147
1 21 479
2 5,8.... 111,217
2 12—14 .... 362
2 13, 19 .... 406
2 IS 22
2 20 163
3 8 151
4 8 471
4 8,11, 12.... 407
414 310
4 1.5, 16 172
5 9 480
5 15,16 ... )I4
6 I ;-!7 ... 303
6 19, JO .... 365
PH1LIPP1ANS.
1 6 6*
16 .... v 2,223
1 23 .... 5 :
2 5
8 8,9 148
2 9 147
113 ... 306,211
I .... 413
3 12—14 ....
1 12-17.... 41, 212
3 13, 14 ..
4 1 416
4 3 2 P. 382
* 4 149
15 261
4 7 391
18 282
i 19,90 .... 126
COLOSSIANS.
1 19 150
A T.\
■
1*20 46U
3 11 'JW
.... »4
3 16
iTHOSALOh
4 U
. 100
MANS
.1
3 S 408
1TIW
] II
1 15
J 4»f*
3 8—13 .... 417
3 16
4 8 ....
11
i i:
2 3
!7 .... 4<.
TIP
8 14 69
HLPH
I l«
4 2
4 9
4 9
4 IS
4 l\ I
5 l-l
6 18
•
6 20
7 l-
8 6
. 563
10 10, I
10 19--
.... 218
10 .... 300
ii 13— la"
11 16
II 8. 1 1
IS 10
13 18
JAM]
I 4 .63,964
1 6—8
2 10
5 17 501
• m
I 10 .... »5,S4<»
I 12
I ih, IS
22I-2J .
.. 254
3 l«
320
.. 104
5 5 837
2 PI
I I 217
I I 128
I 10 108
3 18
1 7
I I
■
I*
2 6 144
3 1-3 ... 91,95
J 14-18 .
4 8
222
HUE.
375
.. 69
2 jo y»
.i ....sut
568
.4 .... 387
iy io 90s
20 18
593
21 3 .... 2P.897
. 584
21 10
22 17
22 17, 20
INDEX
Hvmn anu P»|r.
J.lROy. his Breast-plate .. . 13 »■
thiztdec and Christ.... is!. lyO, 191
Abba, Father..
Abraham's tioti <>6. Intercession lor Si -
dOflO ,
■..' through Christ alone
i God by Christ
J:\nr i,i\rcc
Ackor. Valley of
... 371
... H,
.. 478
... 165
Activity in Religinn 325,293
a :am the first and second 38
od Jui 177. Of ihe Love
997
91 — 95
•, Christian 156,152
AjUcti'*, pleading with God undent .. 312
Presence of Qod de» r.d in it
Sand fied 5,2. Sweet Affliction
Amur's Wish
A' in A I, Christ the Christians ... 204, t>>
God v 5.6, 238
Amen v 16, 1 P. K-0. v(i,2P. 199
Angel oi the Covenant Ihl
Of Gospel Grace ISO
A/tgrUt ministering to Clirisi 146. And
to Christians 307
Tlieir Reply to die v\ omen that so .grit
Cbn t 144
Their Songat the But i of Christ 129, ISO
The Fallen, parsed by 137
Annual Day, return of one 512
Ap x/ory deprecated
Art, Noah preserved m it 104
Arm of the. Lord, made bare 4 P. 420
Arm «r,the spiritual 309
Ami h ~i>>H of Christ 14.', Hi
Assoaati mfil Ministers & Churche* 42.}— U I
Spiritual resjistcsed in Heaven 499
Ministers abounding in the Work, itC #24
L< vest thou me' feed mv She ■ BS
Prayer for Ministers 4j6. A Revival
«lc ired t
Spend of the Gospel lunged for. .
PraiM-foi the lm reaseo! the Chnuh M9, I 0
Spiritual Temple completed 4.i 1
Atnntnun: of Christ 74. Giatitude for it 73
Headed 76
Aurtnn 50*
Awakened Sinner's Enquiry and Piayei . . 294
BABl'LOS's Fall predicted 418
Backslider invited to return .. 118, 121, 176
Prayer of one 313
Backs. iding.-, and Returns 3 13. 3 14
Oieaded 106,439,440
Baptism 449 Wi i
Barr,rt Fig Tree ;< I 1
fin funnairi Prayer
Benefits by Christ's Lite
Binevo tnce a Duly and pleasure .. 246, 166
H*mn and Ptge.
Birth of Christ i
Birth-day Hymn 512
requested on the Word 368
And presence of God desired 361
K//'/,/\lansPia er 369
I e Saints, Ihe Care of God 285, 288
Teoiptesof the Hoi Ghost 2**9
Church, Ciui*i's 172
. riolj .a the Ihrone of Grace .. 357
In Christ's Cause 228
Longed for I P.
Bm* oj L.ite9, 111. lnteie^t in it 382
lira. ,n Serpent 137
Brtodaf Lift |58
Bm hi rst, Love to them
Hr dem oi>/., Christ the heavenly 169
id other, Chi ist a vJ, 240, v 4, 9 1
Huildtng u<i the Roclt 163
Iiurdeno\6.n 236, 'IY1
CaLUWG, Effectual
And Glorification ids
APei on to theU oik of die Ministry 4<>s. H.»
Calvary 1 16, 478
C • /,;-, the heavenl;. , 2d part of Hvmn 66
l he Happiness ol it loafed for
\\a\ to t SeeH mm
C if: an i if Salvation v 6,475. v 3, 560
Ctrtmtm'a Law 56
Clarity 246,
. everj Daj given to the Lord . . 3 16
Ciuist's Regard to diem 337
Of God described 94,95
Chns:, Van n the true 54
Adam the second
Advocate l.">6, 152
ul tl e Covenant ttja.
,pel Grace i80
trazen Serpent 157
Bread or Life
oin |o ,
Br ithex v 3.2V", v Lfl
Capta n ol >a \ati«.n \ <
Chief among Ten Thousand
Consolation ot Israel 162
Cornerstone
Desire of all Nations i»4
Door lo5. trample 166. FoieruniK
Foundation 1
Fountain > pened ;
Friend ;
Gift of God 171
Guide 567
Head of the Church 17 J
I Inland 139
ks»
haananuel 17 »
saint> r
Kintman 178
Lamb 01 God 179. W 01 thy is the Lamb JS7
Mtmn ii. | r
Lorrl . <
C Cu»cnant
I
I
I
■1..
K.nC
m, m
a*ao
.... sno
203
■
ihr ionc
f twre », T
10 ii in
3
if MMMtfrr 415
ir r*»u/r whe-
417
Cfciini and Ummm 414
ruobfcr 3 *
lh Chuirttn and Mo»
wChrw H5
... fl
.!••£.* d
( .mmm*
■
(;*..,„ :C!.r
I
-
-
•
i
Gatf40»w in Cod ... **s '44
•
■ .
*inn« iU s
n derated *v.
ccl» 307
illin*; in Djiknru an 1 trustirr
« a» in Moodv tuvt
I
■
i
(»;
fmmtkm
^..Tf» 0f
rt ui entcmdmm
Craor 77
-
, inc. inquiring
•
37#
■
U>n<r lPttB,fR
( -rif*. ;#..-,. w ikurrn«iuncrd 3 f . £*J
■Die #7. Ptcadrd 61
Cre.i; n, 4 tuiUCUi: I \ it w >»< I. */7
OfM4
< v\ 1 .don. Sung 10 1
I
. -.
i',a»n an-vn ■■..
.. sac
Crmmlua ...
..of)
D.
.kin,; in it
umilmii.
01
417
INDIA.
nd Pane.
Preparation? 301
. M
M aatef
n
igh Christ
The welcome '
And I
I 9
IP. 189
■■■
.celebrated..
the l' ^
1 I'tevented
lyerro BP.298
Surmounted
Diligence and Huh Zeal
■ inns at
:i>t 1 P. 1.9
D rmimion of God 9
• 165
....
-
• irmounted .. .
: leads to it
EARLY PIFTV
1 h:ngj, their vanit)
Ebeneisr 509,510.
itti
i i ons-.quences of it ...
God!;, i n of it comfortable f>5
. vitation
r.i need Sinners
1 rl
-cek Clirist ...
To the weak in Faith
To tr . ToPraver 35 i
To spread the Go>pcl . . 4 >
to tbeim — 258
'.? Soul 291. Answered 295
4
: ■ .-. mendous 548
495—
ist i «? Lov e. See Election 62
ofCI nst 166,
.« of Christ 147,
-J of Christ 161
Exhortation, to Sinners 115,116
ToSamts 4io
: God sought 2 P
rs Author and Preciio.
vne>sof it
. ng with I'nb-lief
Tainun?, .*J0. Reviving .. .
ase of it desired
Connected with Salvation
Man, lamented
A nd Recoverv S3
«: Bab) Ion predicted i P. 41s
Worsiiip
.
Interest
Father!, (helped
11 the Day
01 Death . Prayer I i Delit
it
Tear i and Doubts r .-moved
Fear DOI
I will trust, and n„t !*: a:r-
Feast, \\v: Gospel 5o.
Room at it
theSa nts 254
1 id and Christ
lesire i
Fighting ana reigning
Figure t
Foe.-, ' pintual, opposed and conque-v
? Christ
400
Forerun 167
Forgiv-'
W
i, — . -.")
IP .
7
ed 168, 169
•:.!
neetinf and part. r.^
150
►fa Believer....
O. a M.n >ter. See Death ......
committed to the Lord 510
G.
GALE, a propitious one longed for 212
General Meetings. s.
;' }-,5
Glorying in the Lor J alone . . .
............ 2P. 298
... 316
Is Love
A Poruon
Tlte Searcher of the Heart
Rea^onin* with Men 114
OurG rand ever .
Exalted above aK Praise
'm;)onant
Profitable
Good Samaritan, Parable <>t ill
IS
In gi\ - ]_>
: jnally defend*
jeof the 115
Glorious, 59. Free;
Wortl
The Power of G.-d to Salva-
•ilee
3<id
lestred
-non to spread it through tl»e
Emcauous 77. D.aun^uuluiig ...
■
raws
m\ of lrm»
.
'•
P
»1
i
546
•nrrrctl
«i2
I I
I
■
I" out
I>r«rcri .
lo
K
M-tN
.. 579
■
I -
traced
I
■<tit .
g
c Lamb
Iun<r.) !■>:
I P. M
iittr >.•!
Covenant, mbracrd
-.
»-.; |.»
M
INDEX.
"Hvmn and Pate.
. niritual W
d Minhtn or Christ 134, 166
I i mi l>\ Christ 101
01 Uv Soul,Chrisl the 181
I >od our 15>9
Christ the (roe and great ih.'
Sin
tftrimg o: God 16
21
For (leaven
Lard of all, Christ the 176, 177
ist . .
Morning 346— 349. Evening ..
478,490
44)1
Lost Shtcp round, Parable of the 79
ompen&ated bj God* presence . . 281
everlasting 6*2
Unchangeable v3,4,241
Eternal and unchangeable f>\
Redeeming Love 69
inin | i <". i ; i
rone WO
• ni and dying iv i
Spirit
17
To Chrbl present oi absent
I »vest thou me i
Desirinj to lov« Christ
■
To the Brethren S54. I nfeigned....
'l o all Sa m> -.
To our Ne ghbour
To our Enemies
..umn nts v.i a
■ l J J
If.
MAD Sinners reasoned with ->8t
i 17
-, the spiritual
Mariner': Pm m
mi 51 I
*
oi spreading the Gospel enc u-
raged IP. 419
issof C hi -t I H
Meek beautified with Salvation 60
Mating and Parting o <l» — >l(i
Milckiztd ck a ■ 183
in constant Successii n 5*7
•God 15. Pleaded for ....
Implore 1
And 1 iuth mi
Message^ mei 134
' lis
;. rot the Covenant 184
I .s.s
Methoa of Salvation 107
C i >
Christ desired
Lea\ :; IH
nine- tea th of one...
Nothing wiiho.it Ch;i>t
Abounding in the Work of the Lord .. KM
Watching for Souls no
rs, Meeting of. See Associations
Christ* Case of them n '
Prayer for them Ho, »>
Collection tor poor Ministers.... i
llvnm
, of Christ ., .. 134
or the Gospel, Instituted by Christ -M7
try WH
■
of Christ applied 189
and Work or Christ 134
its prayed foi
I
Modn m >
Monthly Prayer-Meet n s H8— 431
Mortality of Man. See Death .. \.
\l i .: << ical 51
Morning Hymn 191
v..;/-, chn-t tl e Spirit i li 160
Murmuring,?*, 109. Deprecated.. IP. 217
Mutability of the Creation 5
N.
NATIONAL Prayer and Praise 52
I
Noah pr< \ik loir
Neighbour, duty to our
Love to h::7l
New l ear's Day 508—51 1
Irk....
No/ unto us
ei the Fifth, &i . - i
N-ruj is the accepted rim
O.
OBEDlENCEiSeryile a :.. 51
7
Omnipresence and OmnU. ienc
needful
I
Oiig Hal >.n
■ I 216
PARDON 85—90. Of all Sin
■ gg
I Pa . m
8<>
ratting i
ur
me sought of God 4oy
His P pic tig
r for him 115
a Imirt 1 u;
1
it 10 flic -1 .1
.
01 the Nation, prayed tor
Pra «*• for it
()fl e Globe v n.
rat the
and Mope. See R ;
, the, 271. HisS
■• of God 1—26. fn Uarm 11
tied
Men 317
inn in Grace ip.>_
! 105 106
Peter, admonished bj Christ
His Fall and Recovery jii, 114
PAyaioa*foftheS
>\-.\.
kr {■-.■'
tmm »r
\*'t
PrmmI
-
I
p. *
P ;-
.,
ML Mi
Public
I
R/mumScrtKg a
I
I
JCtmut.
*u
nea.
I
iuc%theLawa 3P. JS0
SABBAT 1 1 Sre Li**', ftr* .
MMb.
I
11* Method.
. P :>>
m> m
i-. » t\rra. no
INDEX.
Hym:
Seasons, the, crowned with G
. icrul unit >p iitu.il ..
(ication
indSelf-surhck
i imeoted >1
i
Hymns aftei ii
• Christ, abhor i.
it'!, 197
Submission under ii
, Complaint and Hope in il —
.:
And Recovery 541,542
>
■ sired 2s;
. iai js. Indwelling.
A Burden
And Grace
i *9
. mpenitent found wanting \i
•oedwith
50
Repentii 4, accepted
And Saints in the wreck <t Nature — 570
4<>j
Asking the Way to it 405
Glorious Thmgssooken of it. See. hire A -MS
m
o'r ihe Augebat Christ's Birth.... 139, 130
Of the spiritual Pi gr m
Of Praise to the Redeemer .. 347, 488,489
iod\ their Privileges 94, 95
See Repentant*
Laid before GoJ 99
S */, Worth and Loss of it 401
•..'v of God 9
God, his Influences 306—216
HisdistinctworkinSalvatioi
The Comforter
the People of God 207. To D
Addressed under Darkness
Grieved, but intreaied not la depai
His Drawings celeb; ated 216. Ili>l
Spiritu.it Mmdedness - :
:i:ty Of God 3
Spring I
£/rt»g/a a* our Davsaie 123,125
Sting of Dea th . . . .'
Rem. \c 1 l-\ Christ
iys
I Provi lenc* 1
It is the Lord, c; 1, in. \c. 279
ei 353
Of the Gospel predicted.... P. 1.
O* Missions and Missionaries pj
for.. 9 P. 419. P.
mis enjoyed
and Harvest 504, 50 ~,
riattbt 199
Hvmn and Page.
Supplication
T.
TEMPEST, high 305
.
306
/ ; :ession for
them 155
Christ
503
....
1 me 376,505
Part of it in God's Hands 545
54(1
505
.■••, the Langua 505
. of Christ 135
' Psalm 36
. t
O, Life
. the Doctrine ol
Trials, benehci;
- Oi the Cross. .
I leading with God in it
Sand Red 306
bul mak ng God our Refuge ..316
[Yu .', m God undei Trials
e, 01 Despair prevented
Encouragement io it
1 will tru*t and not be afi lid 290
Tiulh, and Far). I 19
And Mercy met together 21
■ ritj
Typtty Christ the Substance of them 33,205,202
U.
USRELIF.F lamented 241. Opposed.. 219
Surmounted 290
abtauss of God 5
And his Love V 3,4,241
U in to Christ 81
2
.--. •.-•lamented 310
r./wi.-v <>t earthly Things
( ilOO of God 1 J
. ■! die spiritual
: in.; for n.uional
1, ours, the Glory God* 238
ath 552
Vision of the dry Bones 37 1
Vtyege, the spiritual 304
\v.
WAITING, for Go 1
For the latter DayG ory — v 15, 1 P. r90
t
•
pplied I
> the Christian
■niaaated tnd crowned ... .
neti rev. aide. \
Canaan
Froth, and Life 202
•i burdened invited to Rest 1 1"
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